malapert
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Is malapert a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (archaic) A cheeky, impudent, or saucy person.Synonyms: brazenface, cheeky chappie, cheeky chops, cheeky monkey, jackanapes, malapert, minx, sauceboxarchaic
adj (English)
1. (archaic) Cheeky, impudent, saucy.Examples: "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)."; "[…] 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."Synonyms: cheekyarchaic
name (English)
1. (obsolete) A personification of impudence or malapertness.obsolete
Definition source: Wiktionary