/im perr"tn euhns/ , n.
1. unmannerly intrusion or presumption; insolence.
2. impertinent quality or action.
3. something impertinent, as an act or statement.
4. an impertinent person.
5. irrelevance, inappropriateness, or absurdity.
[ 1595-1605; IMPERTIN(ENCY) + -ENCE ]