The Collaborative International Dictionary
Impertinency
Impertinency \Im*per"ti*nen*cy\, n. Impertinence. [R.]
O, matter and impertinency mixed!
Reason in madness!
--Shak.
Wiktionary
impertinency
n. 1 irrelevancy; impertinence; an instance of such. 2 absurdity; inappropriateness; an instance of such. 3 insolence; an instance of such.
Usage examples of "impertinency".
I stared him in the face, but he turned his head away and continued his impertinencies, saying, amongst other things, that I had robbed him of a million francs at least by my swindling his late aunt, the Marchioness d'Urfe.