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impudency

impudency noun: impudence, insolence.

Noun

impudency (plural impudencies)

  1. (archaic) Impudence, insolence.
    • There is nothing that I hate more then driving of bargains: It is a meere commerce of dodging and impudencie.1603, Michel de Montaigne, “That the taste of goods or evilles doth greatly depend on the opinion we have of them”, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes...

Forms of impudency

pluralimpudencies

Origin of impudency

From Latin impudēntia.

Questions about impudency

What does impudency mean?
Impudency means impudence, insolence.
What part of speech is impudency?
Impudency is a noun.
What is the plural of impudency?
The plural of impudency is impudencies.

Words near impudency in the dictionary

  1. impuberate
  2. impuberty
  3. impudence
  4. impudences
  5. impudencies
  6. impudency
  7. impudent
  8. impudentest
  9. impudently
  10. impudentness
  11. impudic

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