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Impertinence Impetuousness (See RASHNESS.) Bunny, Bugs cartoon character who is impertinent toward everyone. [Comics: Horn, 140] dummy who is impertinent toward master, Edgar Bergen. [Radio: “The Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy Show” in Buxton, 76–77] wisecracking medic with an insult for everyone. [TV: “M ° A ° S ° H” in Terrace, II, 71–72] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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But several facts passed: Charles pressed for them with an impertinence that the undergraduate could not withstand. The impertinence of the Eltons, which for a few minutes had threatened to ruin the rest of her evening, had been the occasion of some of its highest satisfactions; and she looked forward to another happy resultthe cure of Harriet's infatuation. To the former her raillery was probably, as far as it regarded only himself, perfectly indifferent; but to the latter it was at first incomprehensible; and when its object was understood, she hardly knew whether most to laugh at its absurdity, or censure its impertinence, for she considered it as an unfeeling reflection on the colonel's advanced years, and on his forlorn condition as an old bachelor. |
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