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<hw>Im`per*suad"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Impersuasible</er>.]</ety> <def>Not to be persuaded; obstinate; unyielding; impersuasible.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Im`per*suad"a*ble*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

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<hw>Im`per*sua"si*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>im-</ets> not + <ets>persuasible</ets>: cf. OF. <ets>impersuasible</ets>.]</ety> <def>Not persuasible; not to be moved by persuasion; inflexible; impersuadable.</def> <i>Dr. H. More</i>. -- <wordforms><wf>Im`per*sua`si*bil"i*ty</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

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<hw>Im*per"ti*nence</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>impertinence</ets>. See <er>Impertinent</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The condition or quality of being impertnent; absence of pertinence, or of adaptedness; irrelevance; unfitness.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Conduct or language unbecoming the person, the society, or the circumstances; rudeness; incivility.</def>

<blockquote>We should avoid the vexation and <b>impertinence</b> of pedants who affect to talk in a language not to be understood. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>That which is impertinent; a thing out of place, or of no value.</def>

<blockquote>There are many subtile <b>impertinences</b> learned in schools. <i>Watts.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Im*per"ti*nen*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Impertinence.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>O, matter and <b>impertinency</b> mixed! Reason in madness! <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Im*per"ti*nent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>impertinens</ets>, <ets>-entis</ets>; pref. <ets>im-</ets> not + <ets>pertinens</ets>. See <er>Pertinent</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Not pertinent; not pertaining to the matter in hand; having no bearing on the subject; not to the point; irrelevant; inapplicable.</def>

<blockquote>Things that are <b>impertinent</b> to us. <i>Tillotson.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>How <b>impertinent</b> that grief was which served no end! <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Contrary to, or offending against, the rules of propriety or good breeding; guilty of, or prone to, rude, unbecoming, or uncivil words or actions; <as>as, an <ex>impertient</ex> coxcomb; an <ex>impertient</ex> remark.</as></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Trifing; inattentive; frivolous.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Rude; officious; intrusive; saucy; unmannerly; meddlesome; disrespectful; impudent; insolent.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Impertinent</er>, <er>Officious</er>, <er>Rude</er>. A person is <i>officious</i> who obtrudes his <i>offices</i> or assistance where they are not needed; he is <i>impertinent</i> when he intermeddles in things with which he has no concern. The former shows a want of tact, the latter a want of breeding, or, more commonly, a spirit of sheer impudence. A person is <i>rude</i> when he violates the proprieties of social life either from ignorance or wantonness. "An <i>impertinent</i> man will ask questions for the mere grafication of curiosity; a <i>rude</i> man will burst into the room of another, or push against his person, inviolant of all decorum; one who is <i>officious</i> is quite as unfortunate as he is troublesome; when he strives to serve, he has the misfortune to annoy." <i>Crabb</i>. See <er>Impudence</er>, and <er>Insolent</er>.</usage>

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<hw>Im*per"ti*nent</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An impertinent person.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

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<hw>Im*per"ti*nent*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an impertinent manner.</def> "Not to betray myself <i>impertinently</i>."

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<h1>Impertransibility</h1> <Xpage=735>

<hw>Im`per*tran`si*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality or state of being impertransible.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

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<hw>Im`per*tran"si*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. pref. <ets>im-</ets> not + pertransire to go through. See <er>Per-</er> and <er>Transient</er>.]</ety> <def>Incapable of being passed through.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>