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impertinence

English

Etymology

French impertinence

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?m.?p??.t?.n?ns/
  • (US) IPA(key): /?m.?p?.t?.n?ns/

Noun

impertinence (countable and uncountable, plural impertinences)

  1. (uncountable) Lack of pertinence; irrelevance.
  2. (countable) An instance of this; a moment of being impertinent.
  3. (uncountable) The fact or character of being out of place; inappropriateness.
  4. (countable, uncountable) Insolence; impudence.

Translations


French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??.p??.ti.n??s/

Noun

impertinence f (plural impertinences)

  1. impertinence

Further reading

  • “impertinence” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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haughtiness

English

Etymology

From Middle English hauteynesse, hautenesse, from Middle English hautein (proud, haughty), from Old French hautain + Middle English -nesse. Reanalysed in Modern English as haughty +? -ness.

Noun

haughtiness (countable and uncountable, plural haughtinesses)

  1. The state or property of being haughty; arrogance, snobbery.

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