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malapert
[ mal-uh-purt ]
adjective
- unbecomingly bold or saucy.
noun
- a malapert person.
malapert
/ ˈmæləˌpɜːt /
adjective
- saucy or impudent
noun
- a saucy or impudent person
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Derived Forms
- ˈmalaˌpertness, noun
- ˈmalaˌpertly, adverb
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Other Words From
- mala·pertly adverb
- mala·pertness noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of malapert1
C15: from Old French: unskilful (see mal- , expert ); meaning in English influenced by apert frank, from Latin apertus open
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Example Sentences
"I want you to whip this malapert with your sword-scabbard," roared the old patrician, pale with anger.
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Go to, sir, know yourself, or the master of the household shall make you know you are liable to the scourge as a malapert boy.
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In a fury, she said that he was too malapert to give her such answer, and affirmed that both he and they should repent it.
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In this same impious malapert he had recognised M. le Marquis de St. Genis!
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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.
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