Impertinent vs Brassy - What's the difference?
impertinent | brassy | Synonyms |
insolent, ill-mannered
* Tillotson
* Jeremy Taylor
irrelevant (opposite of pertinent)
An impertinent individual.
* (Maria Edgeworth)
Resembling brass.
(informal) Impudent; impudently bold.
Impertinent is a synonym of brassy.
As adjectives the difference between impertinent and brassy
is that impertinent is insolent, ill-mannered while brassy is resembling brass.As nouns the difference between impertinent and brassy
is that impertinent is an impertinent individual while brassy is same as brassie .impertinent
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- things that are impertinent to us
- How impertinent that grief was which served no end!
Usage notes
Although, historically, definition 2 was the original (derived from the French below) usage; meaning gradually changed to definition 1. More recently general usage has come to, once again, incorporate definition 2. As many older speakers will consider definition 2 incorrect, avoiding the word altogether may be advisable. The construction "not pertinent" is one possible alternative.Synonyms
* See alsoNoun
(en noun)- comfortably recessed from curious impertinents
brassy
English
Adjective
(er)- The cup had a brassy color.
- Don't get brassy with me, young lady!