To iettynge, to iaggynge, and to full of iapes; / To mockynge, to mowynge, to lye a iackenapes: […]
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Jackanapes
//ˈd͡ʒækəneɪps//
Synonyms for "jackanapes" (108 found)
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4 translations across 3 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- πῐ́θηκος noun ((proper name for) a person thought to behave like an ape or monkey; impudent or mischievous child)
Finnish
2 entries- kloppi noun ((proper name for) a person thought to behave like an ape or monkey; impudent or mischievous child)
- narri noun ((proper name for) a person thought to behave like an ape or monkey; impudent or mischievous child)
Macedonian
1 entries- дрзник noun ((proper name for) a person thought to behave like an ape or monkey; impudent or mischievous child)
Sample sentences
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He grynnes and he gapis, / As it were iack napis.
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Can Iack an Ape be merry vvhen his clog is at his heele.
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A fair sight we are; and had I but a rebeck or guitar at my back, and a jackanapes on my shoulder, we should seem as joyous a brace of strollers as ever touched string at a castle gate.
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