impertinent
/ɪmˈpɝ.tɪ.nənt/ noun C2- An impertinent individual.
Plural impertinents
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“Don’t be impertinent,” said the King, “and don’t look at me like that!” He got behind Alice as he spoke.
He has a very satirical eye, and if I do not begin by being impertinent myself, I shall soon grow afraid of him.”
It was generally evident, whenever they met, that he _did_ admire her; and to _her_ it was equally evident that Jane was yielding to the preference which she had begun to entertain for him from the first, and was in a way to be very much in love; but she considered with pleasure that it was not likely to be discovered by the world in general, since Jane united with great strength of feeling, a composure of temper and an uniform cheerfulness of manner, which would guard her from the suspicions of the impertinent.
“No, that I am sure I shall not: and I think it was very impertinent of him to write to you at all, and very hypocritical.
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