Both Uses
impudent
in
Faust — translated by Brooks
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- Mephistopheles. I cannot blame you much, I must acknowledge.
I know how this profession stands to-day.
Statutes and laws through all the ages
Like a transmitted malady you trace;
In every generation still it rages
And softly creeps from place to place.
Reason is nonsense, right an impudent suggestion;
Alas for thee, that thou a grandson art!
Of inborn law in which each man has part,
Of that, unfortunately, there's no question.†Chpt All - Faust. And thou forgav'st that liberty, of late?
That impudence of mine, so daring,
As thou wast home from church repairing?†Chpt All *
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)