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imperance

imperance is the alternative form of imperence.

Meaning of imperence

Noun

imperence (countable and uncountable, plural imperences)

  1. (archaic, colloquial) impertinence
    • 'Don't go away, Mary,' said the black-eyed man. 'Let me alone, imperence,' said the young lady.1836 March – 1837 October, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the chapter name)”, in The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1837, →OCLC

Forms of imperance

pluralimperances

Questions about imperance

What is imperance the alternative form of?
Imperance is the alternative form of imperence.

Words near imperance in the dictionary

  1. impeople
  2. impeopled
  3. impeoples
  4. impeopling
  5. imper.
  6. imperance
  7. imperances
  8. imperant
  9. imperate
  10. imperated
  11. imperation

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