impudent

形容词 adj.
/ˈɪmpjʊdənt/    /ˈɪmpjədn̩t/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Not showing due respect; bold-faced, impertinent.
    — The impudent children would not stop talking in class.
  2. Lacking modesty or shame; indelicate. obsolete
    — Dian. Good my Lord, Aske him vpon his oath, if hee do’s thinke He had not my virginity. Kin. What ſaift thou to her? Ber. She’s impudent my Lord, And was a common gameſter to the Campe. Dia. He do’s me wrong my Lord: If I were ſo, He might haue bought me at a common price.

词形变化

more impudent comparative impudenter comparative,proscribed most impudent superlative impudentest proscribed,superlative

词源

From Middle English impudent, originally meaning immodest, shameless, from Latin impudēns (“shameless”), ultimately from in- + pudere (“to feel shame”).
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