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malapert

noun
/ˈmæləpɜːt/UK/ˈmæləpɝt/US/ˈmaləpəːt/UK/ˈmæləpɚt/US

Etymology

From mal- (“not, badly”) + apert (“open, revealed; direct, straightforward; clever, expert”), or from Middle French malappert, Old French mal apert (“ill-skilled”).

  1. derived from mal apert
  2. derived from malappert

Definitions

  1. A cheeky, impudent, or saucy person.

  2. Cheeky, impudent, saucy.

    • The follest slouen ondyr heuen, / Prowde, peuiche, lyddyr, and lewde, / Malapert, medyllar, nothyng well thewde, […]
    • […] Take heed of filling their [i.e., children's] heads with VVhimzies, and unprofitable Notions; for this vvill ſooner learn them to be malepert and proud, than ſober and humble.

  3. A personification of impudence or malapertness.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA