Malapert
//ˈmæləpɜːt// adj, name, noun
adj, name, noun ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A cheeky, impudent, or saucy person. archaic
Adjective
- 1 Cheeky, impudent, saucy. archaic
"The follest slouen ondyr heuen, / Prowde, peuiche, lyddyr, and lewde, / Malapert, medyllar, nothyng well thewde, […]"
Proper Noun
- 1 A personification of impudence or malapertness. obsolete
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"The follest slouen ondyr heuen, / Prowde, peuiche, lyddyr, and lewde, / Malapert, medyllar, nothyng well thewde, […]"
Etymology
Etymology 1
From mal- (“not, badly”) + apert (“open, revealed; direct, straightforward; clever, expert”), or from Middle French malappert, Old French mal apert (“ill-skilled”).
Etymology 2
See malapert.
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