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   Im·pu·dent

   /ˈimpyədnt/

   

   adjective

   • 1. not showing due respect for another person; impertinent: "he could have strangled this impudent upstart"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘immodest, indelicate’): from Latin impudent-, from in- ‘not’ + pudent- ‘ashamed, modest’ (from pudere ‘be ashamed’).

   Derivatives

   • 1. impudently adverb

   Scrabble Points: 13

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