# impudent
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈɪmpjʊdənt/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈɪmpjədn̩t/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Hyphenation: im‧pu‧dent

### Adjective

impudent (comparative more impudent or (informal) impudenter, superlative most impudent or (informal) impudentest)
* Not showing due respect; bold-faced, impertinent.
    Synonyms: bold, brazen-faced, insolent; see also Thesaurus:cheeky
    The impudent children would not stop talking in class.
** c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], page 79, column 2:Sir Iohn, ſir Iohn, I am well acquainted with your maner of wrenching the true cauſe,the falſe way. It is not a confident brow, nor the throng of wordes, that come with ſuch (more then impudent) ſawcines from you, can thruſt me from a leuell conſideration, […]
** 1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, “Paul’s Further Progress, Growth, and Character”, in Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC, page 75:“Wickam,” retorted Mrs. Pipchin, coloring, “is a wicked, impudent, bold-faced hussy.”
** 1877, Emma Jane Worboise, “The New Evangeline”, in The Grey House at Endlestone, London: James Clarke and Co., […]; Hodder and Stoughton, […], →OCLC, page 480:And another asked me if I had come to get a Canadian sweetheart; and a third, one of the impudentest, most conceitedest fellows I ever did set eyes upon, nudged me, so that I spilled my coffee all over my second-best damask-silk apron—the one with bugle fringe, you know, Miss Capel—and says he, 'Is it a case of Barkis is willin'?'
* (obsolete) Lacking modesty or shame; indelicate.
** c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii], page 252, column 2: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.
** 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs 7:13–15:So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face, said vnto him, I haue peace offerings with me: this day haue I paid my vowes. Therefore came I forth to meete thee, diligently to seeke thy face, and I haue found thee.
** 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ecclesiasticus 19:2:Wine and women will make men of vnderstanding to fall away, and he that cleaueth to harlots will become impudent.

#### Derived terms

* impudently
* impudentness

#### Related terms

* impudence
* impudency
* impudicity
* pudency
* pudendal
* pudendous
* pudendum
* pudent (rare)
* pudibund (rare)
* pudibundery
* pudibundity
* pudic
* pudical
* pudicity

#### Translations
### References

* ↑ “impudent”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

### Further reading

* “impudent”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
* Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “impudent (adj.)”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
* John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “impudent, a. (n.)”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
* “impudent”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin impudentem.

### Adjective

impudent m or f (masculine and feminine plural impudents)
* impudent

#### Derived terms

* impudentment

#### Related terms

* impudència

### Further reading

* “impudent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “impudent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “impudent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “impudent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Middle French impudent, from Latin impudentem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛ̃.py.dɑ̃/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

impudent (feminine impudente, masculine plural impudents, feminine plural impudentes)
* impudent

#### Related terms

* impudence

### Further reading

* “impudent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Middle English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin impudēns.

### Adjective

impudent
* shameless, immodest

### References

* “impudent, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

## Middle French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin impudēns.

### Adjective

impudent m (feminine singular impudente, masculine plural impudens, feminine plural impudentes)
* impudent