Usually means: Relevance or appropriateness; often rude.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word Impertinency:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. impertinency: Merriam-Webster
  2. impertinency: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. impertinency: Collins English Dictionary
  4. impertinency: Wordnik
  5. impertinency: Wiktionary
  6. impertinency: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. Impertinency, impertinency: Dictionary.com
  8. Impertinency: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. impertinency: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. Impertinency: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. impertinency: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  12. impertinency: FreeDictionary.org
  13. impertinency: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. impertinency: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (impertinency)

▸ noun:  Irrelevancy; impertinence.
▸ noun:  Absurdity; inappropriateness.
▸ noun:  Insolence.

Similar:
impertinence, impertinentness, irrelevency, irrelevancy, impudentness, impudency, impudence, irrelevance, pertness, impoliteness, more...

Opposite:
respectfulness, deference, politeness, courtesy

Types:
rudeness, impoliteness, churlishness, ill-mannered, more...

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Similar:
impertinence, impertinentness, irrelevency, irrelevancy, impudentness, impudency, impudence, irrelevance, pertness, impoliteness, more...

Opposite:
respectfulness, deference, politeness, courtesy

Types:
rudeness, impoliteness, churlishness, ill-mannered, more...



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