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Words to describe people

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impetuous
uxorious
implacable
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impudent

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PRONUNCIATION:

(IM-pyuh-duhnt)

MEANING:

adjective: Marked by offensive boldness.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin im- (not) + pudere (to make or be ashamed) which also gave us pudibund (prudish), pudency (modesty), and pudeur (a sense of shame). Earliest documented use: 1386.

USAGE:

"The tie has matching socks and braces ... It seems imprudent (and possibly impudent) to ask if his boxers match, as well."
Mike Amos; Laughing Matter; Northern Echo (Darlington, UK); Mar 5, 2011.

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