impertinency
noun
impertinencies
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pluralof impertinency.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Thus have I thought it enough to take a passing view of these objected instances, without marking narrowly all the impertinencies and falsehoods which here we find in the reasoning of our opposites.
From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by Gillespie, George
What buffoonery that Vulcan is not guilty of, while one with his polt-foot, another with his smutched muzzle, another with his impertinencies, he makes sport for the rest of the gods?
From The Praise of Folly by Wilson, John
How many impertinencies, and roveries, and wanderings, are throughout the day?
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh
He would give grave advice to his Brother John, beare with his impertinencies, and say he was but a child!’
From Sylva, Vol. 1 (of 2) Or A Discourse of Forest Trees by Nisbet, John
Thus Sancho concluded his speech; and Don Quixote, who all the while dreaded he would have said a thousand impertinencies, was glad in his heart, finding him end with so few.
From The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha by Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de
