Im-pĕr'ti-nençe or Im-pĕr'ti-nen-cy, n.
n. [Fr. impertinence, Sp. impertinencia, It. impertinenza.]
Sense 1. The condition or quality of being impertinent; absence of pertinence, or of adaptedness to the thing in question; irrelevance.
Sense 2. Conduct unbecoming the person, the society, or the circumstances; rudeness; incivility.
We should avoid the vexation and impertinence of pedants who affect to talk in a language not to be understood. Swift.
Sense 3. That which is impertinent; a thing out of place, or of no value, &c.
O, matter and impertinency mixed, Reason in madness. Shak.
There are many subtile impertinences learned in schools. Watts.