Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
noun
- unmannerly intrusion or presumption; insolence.
- impertinent quality or action.
- something impertinent, as an act or statement.
- an impertinent person.
- irrelevance, inappropriateness, or absurdity.
noun
- disrespectful behaviour or language; rudeness; insolence
- an impertinent act, gesture, etc
- rare lack of pertinence; irrelevance; inappropriateness
c.1600, from French impertinence, from Medieval Latin impertinentia, from Late Latin impertinentem “not belonging” (see impertinent). Impertinency is from 1580s.