- imperence
- im·per·ence
English syllables. 2014.
imperence
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imperence — noun impertinence Dont go away, Mary, said the black eyed man. Let me alone, imperence, said the young lady … Wiktionary
imperence — This was at one time a vulgar corruption of ‘impudence’, influenced by ‘impertinence’. It was used at the end of the eighteenth and beginning of the nineteenth centuries, occurring as a vocative in The Pickwick Papers, by Charles Dickens. A… … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
imperence — ˈimpərən(t)s noun ( s) Etymology: by alteration substand Britain : impudence … Useful english dictionary
impudence — The word used as a term for an impudent person. John Dryden, in An Evening’s Love (1671), has: ‘Peace, impudence, and see my face no more.’ Mrs Jennings, in Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility, converts the word into a nonce name: ‘“Did you… … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
saucy — ‘You get on with yer tea, saucy!’ says a woman to a man in Love in Quiet Places, by Bernard Thompson. This is the modern version of ‘saucebox’, or ‘impudence’, ‘imperence’ … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
