impertinency

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noun

Irrelevancy; impertinence.

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Meanings

nounimpertinency (usually uncountable, plural impertinencies)

plural impertinencies

  1. uncountableusuallyIrrelevancy; impertinence.

    And the eſpeciall intent of this meeting is, to receive our Biſhops directions for the adminiſtration of the Sacraments and Preaching, as his Articles informe us. Hitherto, if I can but hold me by my text, I hope not to fall into impertinencies.

    1635 August 27 (date delivered; Gregorian calendar), John Pocklington, Sunday No Sabbath. A Sermon Preached before the Lord Bishop of Lincolne, at His Lordships Visitation at Ampthill in the County of Bedford, Aug. 17. 1635, London: […] Robert Young, published 1636, →OCLC, page 2
  2. uncountableusuallyAbsurdity; inappropriateness.
  3. uncountableusuallyInsolence.
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APA

impertinency. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impertinency

MLA

“impertinency.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impertinency. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “impertinency,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impertinency.

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