adjective
- of, relating to, or characterized by impertinence or effrontery: The student was kept late for impudent behavior.
- Obsolete. shameless or brazenly immodest.
adjective
- mischievous, impertinent, or disrespectful
- an obsolete word for immodest
late 14c., from Latin impudentem (nominative impudens) “without shame, shameless,” from assimilated form of in- “not, opposite of” (see in- (1)) + pudens “ashamed, modest,” present participle of pudere “to cause shame” (see pudendum). Related: Impudently.