Etymology

impertinence

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Today it means: Lack of pertinence; irrelevance. Full definition →

Middle French impertinence
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  1. Middle French · borrowed fromimpertinence
  2. English todayimpertinence

Borrowed from Middle French impertinence, from impertinent (“impertinent”); by surface analysis, im- + pertinent.

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