impertinency


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218) An attempt to make an unrepealable law would be "void ab initio & ipso facto without repeale," simply "by the impertinency of it.
In defense of substantive due process, or the promise of lawful rule
Lear's late speech on "the great image of authority"--"matter and impertinency mix'd," says Edgar, "Reason in madness
Realism and Trompe-l'oeil in Le Pere Goriot
But, since Gravity has the impertinency to be out of his bed at midnight, "Thy father's [Falstaff's] beard is turned white with the news" (355-56), and Hal will now be summoned to the court in the morning, "If you love me, / practice an answer" (370-71).
The 2010 Oregon Shakespeare Festival
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