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The Curious Impertinent (Spanish: El curioso impertinente) is a 1953 Spanish historical film directed by Flavio Calzavara and starring Aurora Bautista...

There are no less than six fables concerning an impertinent insect, which is taken in general to refer to the kind of interfering person who makes himself...

father, Charles considered discussion of his marriage in the Commons impertinent and an infringement of his father's royal prerogative. In January 1622...

an archaic meaning in American slang meaning a person who chatters impertinently. The term jaywalking was coined in the first decade of the 1900s to...

Caterpillar portrays the larva as an extraordinarily hungry animal. The Impertinent Insect is a group of five fables, sometimes ascribed to Aesop, concerning...

The Impertinent Lovers: or, A Coquet at her Wit's End is a 1723 comedy play by the British writer Francis Hawling. It was submitted to Sir Richard Steele...

" Carolina Paiz, one of the writers of the series, wrote: "he can be impertinent and evil and demeaning." Mark Sloan's relationship with Chyler Leigh's...

but also "a busy-body, [who] is accordingly officious, garrulous, and impertinent". In Act II, Hamlet refers to Polonius as a "tedious old fool" and taunts...

concludes the letter: I hope you will forgive my troubling you. It is almost impertinent to say how foolish it appears to me that I should intrude on your ground...

antisemitism." (Svengali) would either fawn or bully, and could be grossly impertinent. He had one kind of cynical humour, which was more offensive than amusing...

Initially working as an intern, Melendez became known for asking celebrities impertinent questions at events and press conferences with his stuttering. He left...

Emmanuel Hecht and François Vey Chirac de A à Z, dictionnaire critique et impertinent, A. Michel, 1995, ISBN 2-226-07664-6 "Jacques Chirac". CVCE.eu. 30 September...

respected at sea, he is less competent on land, as indiscreet liaisons, impertinent remarks, and poor financial decisions often bring him trouble. Aubrey's...

For Scott, the process of multiple recitations 'incurs the risk of impertinent interpolations from the conceit of one rehearser, unintelligible blunders...

of oaths The Horse and the Donkey The Horse that Lost its Liberty The Impertinent Insect The Jar of Blessings The Kite and the Doves The Lion and the Mouse...

wineskins episode near the end of the interpolated tale "The Curious Impertinent" in chapter 35 of the first part of Don Quixote is a clear reference...

concerning my mode of life, which some would call impertinent, though they do not appear to me at all impertinent, but, considering the circumstances, very natural...

however, its cognate in Haitian Creole frekan means 'insolent, rude, and impertinent' and usually refers to people. In addition, the grammars of Haitian Creole...

of oaths The Horse and the Donkey The Horse that Lost its Liberty The Impertinent Insect The Jar of Blessings The Kite and the Doves The Lion and the Mouse...

intelligence". François Vey of Le Parisien found it to be "funny, upbeat, impertinent" and "in a word, iconoclastic". Philippe Paumier of the French edition...