impudent

Meaning

  1. Not showing due respect; bold-faced, impertinent.
  2. (obsolete) Lacking modesty or shame; indelicate.

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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɪmpjʊdənt/
Etymology

In summary

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

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