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or appropriate in any way; adapted to the end proposed; apposite; material; relevant; as, pertinent illustrations or arguments; pertinent evidence.

Belonging; appertaining. [Now usually written appurtenant.] Coleridge.

Not pertinent; not pertaining to the matter in hand; having no bearing on the subject; not to the point; irrelevant; inapplicable. Things that are impertinent to us. Tillotson. How impertinent that grief was which served no end! Jer. Taylor.

In an impertinent manner. "Not to betray myself impertinently." B. Jonson.

In an apt or suitable manner; fitly; properly; pertinently; appropriately; readily.

A brief and pertinent mode of speaking. [R.]

by gravity; and, again, that gravity is a quality whereby a heavy body descends, is an impertinent circle and teaches nothing. Glanvill.

t down, out of long experience in business and much conversation in books, what I thought pertinent to this business. Bacon.

That which is impertinent; a thing out of place, or of no value. There are many subtile impertinences learned in schools. Watts.

Bold, with contempt or disregard; unblushingly forward; impertinent; wanting modesty; shameless; saucy. More than impudent sauciness. Shak. When we behold an angel, not to fear Is to be impudent. Dryden.

Not apposite; not fit or suitable; not pertinent. -- In*ap"po*site*ly, adv.

o satisfy the mind, and put an end to debate or doubt. Arguments . . . inconclusive and impertinent. South. -- In`con*clu"sive*ly, adv. -- In`con*clu"sive*ness, n.

n matters which do not concern the inquirer. A wise man is not inquisitive about things impertinent. Broome.

explanation and information; curiosity to learn what is unknown; esp., uncontrolled and impertinent curiosity. Mr. Boswell, whose inquisitiveness is seconded by great activity, scrambled in at a high window. Johnson. Curiosity in children nature has provided, to remove that ignorance they were born with; which, without…

Not relevant; not applicable or pertinent; not bearing upon or serving to support; foreign; extraneous; as, testimony or arguments irrelevant to a case. -- Ir*rel"a*vant*ly, adv.

An impertinent or silly fellow; a simpleton; a boor; a clown; also, a servant; a rustic. "Jack fool." Chaucer. Since every Jack became a gentleman, There 's many a gentle person made a Jack. Shak.

A little dandy; a little, foppish, impertinent fellow.

A coxcomb; an impertinent or conceited fellow. A young upstart jackanapes. Arbuthnot.

To interest or engage one's self unnecessarily or impertinently, to interfere or busy one's self improperly with another's affairs; specifically, to handle or distrub another's property without permission; -- often followed by with or in. Why shouldst thou meddle to thy hurt 2 Kings xiv. 10. The civil lawyers . . . hav…

Impertinently inquisitive; prying; meddlesome. "Mousing saints." L'Estrange.