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Grammar : Noun
Spell : im-pyuh-duhns
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɪm pyə dəns



Definition of impudence

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Latin impudentia "shamelessness," noun of quality from impudens; see impudent.
  • noun audacity
Example sentences :
  • But Uncle Lucien was so certain of the boy's guilt that he mistook his pride for impudence.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Life of Napoleon » by Eugenie Foa
  • In spite, however, of contempt, the impudence of this Frenchman half angered him.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson » by Robert Southey
  • Their credulity increases his impudence: and his impudence overpowers their credulity.
  • Extract from : « An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding » by David Hume
  • Furthermore it was immediately demonstrated that his impudence had not deserted him.
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • If you had said next quarter, I should have wondered at your impudence.'
  • Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
  • Then Irish impudence must cut the string of that tongue, Florry.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • The impudence, the inveteracy of that fellow, is astonishing—no silencing him.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • These changes were regarded as impudence on the part of so unknown a man.
  • Extract from : « One Day's Courtship » by Robert Barr
  • Which yet they do with so happy an impudence that oftentimes the civilians envy them that faculty.
  • Extract from : « The Praise of Folly » by Desiderius Erasmus
  • You, with the impudence of your class, think you can come to me and bribe me to betray my employer.
  • Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr

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