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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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trifling
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t?a?fli?/
Adjective
trifling (comparative more trifling, superlative most trifling)
- Trivial, or of little importance.
- 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 234a.
- […] it doesn't take him long to make any of them, and he sells them for some trifling sum of money.
- 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 234a.
- Idle or frivolous.
- (African-American Vernacular) Of suspicious character, typically secretive or deceitful; shady.
- 2001, Glenda Howard, Cita's World
- My hand was aching to slap that silly heifer. I told her to take her trifling ass down to Burger King and get herself a job flipping burgers […]
- 2001, Glenda Howard, Cita's World
Synonyms
- trivial
- inconsequential
- petty
- See also Thesaurus:insignificant
Related terms
- trifle
Translations
Noun
trifling (plural triflings)
- The act of one who trifles; frivolous behaviour.
- 1845, George Croly, Samuel Warren, Marston, or the Memoirs of a Statesman
- He writes on the principle, of course, that in one's dotage we are privileged to return to the triflings of our infancy, and that Downing Street cannot be better employed in these days than as a chapel of ease to Eton.
- 1845, George Croly, Samuel Warren, Marston, or the Memoirs of a Statesman
Translations
Verb
trifling
- present participle of trifle
Anagrams
- filtring, flirting
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