Definition of "impertinence"

impertinence

/ɪm.ˈpɜː.tɪ.nəns/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural impertinences
1. (uncountable) Lack of pertinence; irrelevance.
2. (countable) An instance of this; a moment of being impertinent.
3. (uncountable) The fact or character of being out of place; inappropriateness.
4. (countable, uncountable) Insolence; impudence.
  Quotations
  "Because," interrupted the actress, "I see things exactly as they are. I calculate my effects, but they do not deceive myself; you, on the contrary, live in a world of illusions, where every thing is called by such an exceedingly fine name, that it seems a downright impertinence to ascertain what it really is."
  1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], pages 198–199