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impudent
English
Etymology
From Middle French impudent, from Latin impud?ns (“shameless”), ultimately from in- +? pudere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??mpj?d?nt/
Adjective
impudent (comparative more impudent, superlative most impudent)
- Not showing due respect; impertinent; bold-faced.
- The impudent children would not stop talking in class.
Synonyms
- bold
- brazen-faced
- impertinent
- See also Thesaurus:cheeky
Derived terms
- impudently
Related terms
- impudence
Translations
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin impud?ns.
Adjective
impudent (masculine and feminine plural impudents)
- impudent
Derived terms
- impudentment
Related terms
- impudència
Further reading
- “impudent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “impudent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “impudent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “impudent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin impud?ns.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.py.d??/
Adjective
impudent (feminine singular impudente, masculine plural impudents, feminine plural impudentes)
- impudent
Related terms
- impudence
Further reading
- “impudent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin impud?ns.
Adjective
impudent m (feminine singular impudente, masculine plural impudens, feminine plural impudentes)
- impudent
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abusive
English
Etymology
First attested in the 1530s. From French abusif, from Latin ab?s?vus, from abusus + -ivus (“-ive”). Equivalent to abuse +? -ive.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??bju?.s?v/
- (US) IPA(key): /??bju.s?v/, /??bju.z?v/
Adjective
abusive (comparative more abusive, superlative most abusive)
- Prone to treat someone badly by coarse, insulting words or other maltreatment; vituperative; reproachful; scurrilous. [First attested in the early 17th century.]
- (obsolete) Tending to deceive; fraudulent. [Attested only from the early to mid 17th century.]
- 1623, Francis Bacon, A Discourse of a War with Spain
- an abusive treaty
- 1623, Francis Bacon, A Discourse of a War with Spain
- (archaic) Tending to misuse; practising or containing abuse. [First attested in the late 16th century.]
- Being physically or emotionally injurious; characterized by repeated violence or other abuse.
- Wrongly used; perverted; misapplied; unjust; illegal. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]
- (archaic) Catachrestic. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]
Synonyms
- (prone to treating badly): reproachful, scurrilous, opprobrious, insolent, insulting, injurious, offensive, reviling, berating, vituperative
Derived terms
- abusively
- abusiveness
Translations
References
French
Adjective
abusive
- feminine singular of abusif
Italian
Adjective
abusive
- feminine plural of abusivo
Latin
Adjective
ab?s?ve
- vocative masculine singular of ab?s?vus
References
- abusive in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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