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adj
boldly disrespectful or impertinent
The impudent boy stuck out his tongue at the magistrate.
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impudently
Etymology
From Latin impudens (stem impudent-) ('shameless'), from in- ('not') + pudens ('modest, ashamed'), present participle of pudere ('to feel shame').
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