Lexic.us

Definition of Impertinent

1. Adjective. Characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality. "A certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner"

2. Adjective. Not pertinent to the matter under consideration. "Mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point"

3. Adjective. Improperly forward or bold. "Don't get wise with me!"

Definition of Impertinent

1. a. Not pertinent; not pertaining to the matter in hand; having no bearing on the subject; not to the point; irrelevant; inapplicable.

2. n. An impertinent person.

Definition of Impertinent

1. Adjective. insolent, ill-mannered ¹

2. Adjective. irrelevant (opposite of pertinent) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Impertinent

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Impertinent

impersonating impersonation impersonations impersonator impersonators impersonification impersonifications imperspicuity imperspicuous impersuadable

impersuasible impertinence impertinences impertinencies impertinency impertinent (current term) impertinently impertransibility impertransible imperturbability

imperturbable imperturbableness imperturbably imperturbation imperturbed imperviability imperviable impervious imperviously imperviousness

Literary usage of Impertinent

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Seneca's Morals: By Way of Abstract. To which is Added, a Discourse, Under by Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Roger L'Estrange (1803)
"OF impertinent STUDIES AND impertinent MEN. HE that duly considers the business of life and death, will find that he has little time to spare from that ..."

2. A Compendium of the Law of Evidence by Thomas Peake (1822)
"proper to observe in general, that when the declare- Ch. I. tion contains impertinent matter, foreign to the Variance in cause, and which the master on a ..."

3. The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de ( Cervantes Saavedra, Henry Edward Watts (1888)
"Wherein is continued t/te Novel of The impertinent Curiosity. ... One of these plays is upon the novel of The impertinent Curiosity, published in, ..."

4. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"A matter claimed to be impertinent must be considered in relation to the cause of action or ... An impertinent fact is one which, whether proven or not, ..."

5. A Treatise on the Principles and Practice of the High Court of Chancery by Henry Maddock (1817)
"... and how far the matter is scandalous, or impertinent, so that such part of the answer may be expunged by the master : and it is not sufficient to say, ..."

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