malapert
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of malapert
1375–1425; late Middle English: insolent < Middle French: unskillful. See mal-, pert
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"Take this malapert boy with the others," cried the squire to the constable, and I could see that he was much angered against me.
From The Coming of the King by James Hocking
I am afraid she's too full fed; that makes her be so malapert; but had but I the ordering of her, I vow to gad I'd quickly make her pinch for't.
From The London-Bawd: With Her Character and Life Discovering the Various and Subtle Intrigues of Lewd Women by Anonymous
"I will say what I will in mine own house, thou evil, malapert boy!" roared the old man.
From The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn A Story of the Days of the Gunpowder Plot by Evelyn Everett-Green
"Socrates, thou malapert," said Diogenes sternly, "take my hat off my head at once, and allow me to make obeisance to the lady, or I'll drop thee incontinently on thy back."
From The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
One morning, his barber, a malapert of the old comedies, ventured to ask him what he was thinking of.
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 by Various
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