All 4 Uses
impudent
in
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
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- He was one of those who could torture the slightest look, word, or gesture, on the part of the slave, into impudence, and would treat it accordingly.†
Chpt 4 *
- She did not deem it impudent or unmannerly for a slave to look her in the face.†
Chpt 6
- Then he is guilty of impudence,—one of the greatest crimes of which a slave can be guilty.†
Chpt 10
- They would impudently ask us if we would not like to have them for our masters.†
Chpt 10
Definitions:
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(1)
(impudent) improperly bold or disrespectful -- especially toward someone who is older or considered to be of higher status
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)