late 14c., from Latin impudentia "shamelessness," abstract noun from impudens "shameless" (see impudent).
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impudent adj.
late 14c., from Latin impudentem (nominative impudens) "without shame, shameless," from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + pudens "ashamed, modest," present-participle adjective from pudere "to cause shame" (see pudendum). Related: Impudently.