impudent
Meaningshameless
Common meaning: cheekily disrespectful
- imin, into
- pudshame, a sense of shameLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1485 · scan
- entadjective ending: being or doing
‘in, into’ + ‘shame, a sense of shame’ → impudent
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin pudet; pudor ‘shame, a sense of shame’.
Roots
- pudet; pudor, -ōris Latin “shame, a sense of shame”
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