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impertinence (n.)

c. 1600, "incivility," from French impertinence, from impertinent (see impertinent). Meaning "irrelevance" is from 1620s. Impertinency is from 1580s as "a triviality, an absurdity."

also from c. 1600
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Trends of impertinence

updated on September 28, 2017

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