impudency
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I praise God for you, sir: your reasons at dinner have been sharp and sententious; pleasant without scurrility, witty without affection, audacious without impudency, learned without opinion, and strange without heresy.
From Love's Labour's Lost by Shakespeare, William
What will not desperate impudency dare to aver?
From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by Gillespie, George
I praise God for you, Sir: your reasons at dinner have been sharp and sententious; pleasant without scurrility, witty without affection, audacious without impudency, learned without opinion, and strange without heresy.
From The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded by Bacon, Delia
After suffering a cannonade, the commandant proposed to evacuate Wexford on terms which "manifested the impudency of the men."
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 09 — Lives and Letters by Mee, Arthur
Puritan women also were not above reproach in regard to the fashion of extravagant hair-dressing; they also "showed the vile note of impudency."
From Customs and Fashions in Old New England by Earle, Alice Morse
