impertinent
UK/ɪmˈpɜː.tɪ.nənt//ɪmˈpɝ.tɪ.nənt/
impertinent adjective: insolent, ill-mannered or disrespectful; Disregardful.
Adjective
impertinent (comparative more impertinent, superlative most impertinent)
- Insolent, ill-mannered or disrespectful; Disregardful.
- “Divine receptacle of excellence, let it not be deemed impertinent, or deviating from the rules of propriety, if I propound one queſtion which now labours in my breaſt; aſſuring me firſt, you will not let the ſceptre of true judgment depart from your right hand.”1769, Firishta, translated by Alexander Dow, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page 11
- Not pertaining or related to (something or someone); Irrelevant or useless.
- Curious speculations, and the contemplation of things that are impertinent to us, and do not concern us, nor serve to promote our happiness, are but a more specious and ingenious sort of idleness1664, John Tillotson, “Sermon I. The Wisdom of Being Religious. Job XXVIII. 28.”, in The Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, Late Lord Archbishop of Canterbury: […], London: […] B. Aylmer...
- How impertinent that grief was which served no end!1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Francis Ashe […], →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- nonpertinent
Noun
impertinent (plural impertinents)
- An impertinent individual.
- Get near fat Mr. Dutton, and behind the screen of his prodigious elbow, you will be comfortably recessed from curious impertinents.1808 (date written), [Maria] Edgeworth, “Manœuvring. Chapter XII.”, in Tales of Fashionable Life, volume III, London: […] [S. Hamilton] for J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1809, →OCLC, page 292
impertinent meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
impertinent in Tamil
- தகாத, துடுக்குத்தனமிக்க, தொடர்பற்ற, பொருத்தமற்ற, மட்டுமதிப்பற்ற, முறைகெட்ட
impertinent in Marathi
- insolent, ill-mannered
- धृष्ट dhŕṣṭa, उद्धट uddhaṭ
- irrelevant
- अप्रस्तुत aprastut, गैरलागू gairlāgū
impertinent in Urdu
- بےحیا, بےلگام
impertinent in Bengali
- impertinent, precocious
- জেঠা jeṭha
More languagesFewer languages
- impertinent in Malayalam
- ധിക്കാരം നിറഞ്ഞ, ധിക്കാരപരമായ, അവിനുതമായ, നിന്ദ്യമായ
- impertinent in Kannada
- ತಕ್ಕುದಲ್ಲದ, ತಲೆಹರಟೆಯ, ಸೊಕ್ಕಿನ, ಅಧಿಕಪ್ರಸಂಗಿತನದ
- impertinent in Tagalog
- balaugi
- impertinent in Thai
- ไร้มารยาท, ไร้ยางอาย
Synonyms of impertinent
Antonyms
Forms of impertinent
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more impertinent |
| superlative | most impertinent |
| Noun | |
| plural | impertinents |
Origin of impertinent
Inherited from Middle English impertinent, from Middle French impertinent, from Old French impertinent, from Latin impertinēns; by surface analysis, im- + pertinent.
Words formed from impertinent
Questions about impertinent
- What does impertinent mean?
- Impertinent means insolent, ill-mannered or disrespectful; Disregardful.
- What is impertinent in Tamil?
- Impertinent in Tamil is தகாத, துடுக்குத்தனமிக்க, தொடர்பற்ற. See Impertinent meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is impertinent?
- Impertinent can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce impertinent?
- Impertinent is pronounced /ɪmˈpɜː.tɪ.nənt/ (UK).
Words near impertinent in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: impertinent (page history and authors); impertinent (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); impertinent (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); জেঠা (Bengali) (page history and authors); impertinent (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); impertinent (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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