Both Uses of
impudent
in
The Turn of the Screw
- ...our employer's late clever, good-looking "own" man; impudent, assured, spoiled, depraved.
Chpt All *impudent = improperly bold or disrespectful
- His having lied and been impudent are, I confess, less engaging specimens than I had hoped to have from you of the outbreak in him of the little natural man.†
Chpt All
Definition:
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(impudent) improperly bold or disrespectful -- especially toward someone who is older or considered to be of higher status