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impertinenter

impertinenter [ML] , irrelevantly, not to the point; b (in double neg. construction). mens est docilis ad ~er arguendum ab inferiori ad suum superius (Wycl.) Ziz. 472; aliter enim ~er quereret Deus tercio Regum vicesimo secundo ‘quis decipiet Achab? ’ [III Reg. xxii 20] Wycl. Ver. II 6; 1382 post quasdam responsiones minus plene et ~er ‥ factas Reg. Heref. 22; s1417 iterum ~er garrulare cepit donec summus justiciarius jussit ut responderet finaliter Wals. YN 485 (= Id. HA II 328).  b restat non ~er ostendere quod ‥ Bradw. CD 472B.

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