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malapert
UK /ˈmæləpɜːt/ US /ˈmæləpɝt/
noun 1adj 1name 1
Collocations
3ADJ.
medyllar
MALAPERT + NOUN
bolde, nothyng
PREP.
in
Definitions
noun
1
A cheeky, impudent, or saucy person.
adj
1
Cheeky, impudent, saucy.
The follest slouen ondyr heuen, / Prowde, peuiche, lyddyr, and lewde, / Malapert, medyllar, nothyng well thewde, […]
Nevertheleſſe I finde him [Iohn Bodine] ſomewhat malapert and bolde in that paſſage of his Methode of Hiſtorie, when he accuseth Plutarke, not onely of ignorance […] but alſo that he often writeth, things altogether incredible and meerely fabulous (theſe are his very words).
name
1
A personification of impudence or malapertness.
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The follest slouen ondyr heuen, / Prowde, peuiche, lyddyr, and lewde, / Malapert, medyllar, nothyng well thewde, […]
Wiktionary02
Nevertheleſſe I finde him [Iohn Bodine] ſomewhat malapert and bolde in that paſſage of his Methode of Hiſtorie, when he accuseth Plutarke, not onely of ignorance […] but alſo that he often writeth, th
Wiktionary03
[…] 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.
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