Crossword clues for pertinence
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pertinence \Per"ti*nence\, Pertinency \Per"ti*nen*cy\, n. [Cf. F. pertinence. See Pertinent.] The quality or state of being pertinent; justness of relation to the subject or matter in hand; fitness; appositeness; relevancy; suitableness.
The fitness and pertinency of the apostle's discourse.
--Bentley.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1650s, from French pertenance or formed in English from pertinent + -ence.
Wiktionary
n. The quality of being pertinent.
WordNet
n. relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand [syn: applicability, pertinency] [ant: inapplicability]
Usage examples of "pertinence".
The pertinence of this reference will also appear when attention is drawn to the fact that the tendency of the rate to criminality, hence, to moral worthlessness, is more largely hypothecated upon this than upon any other single crime.
He gave his orders, nevertheless, in a firm, seamanlike fashion, though with no great pertinence, and thus managed to establish the confidence of Mr.
His preaching was with such pertinence that the one half of His hearers went home saying, Never man spake like this man, while the other half gnashed at Him with their teeth.
And there are labors the extent of which have these thousands of years relegated the prophecy to the pertinence of epic drama.