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Synonyms for malapert

Grammar : Adj
Spell : mal-uh-purt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmæl əˌpɜrt

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Définition of malapert

Origin :
  • "impudent," early 15c., from Old French mal apert, literally "ill-skilled," from mal- "badly" (see mal-) + apert "skillful," variant of espert "experienced, skillful, clever" (from Latin expertus; see expert). Related: Malapertly; malapertness.
  • adj impudent
Example sentences :
  • Malapert and Lehideux are still well represented in the Paris Directory.
  • Extract from : « The Romance of Names » by Ernest Weekley
  • "I'll e'en fetch him to you myself, malapert," said Warrenton.
  • Extract from : « Robin Hood » by Paul Creswick
  • Another word of that kind, and I'll show you how malapert lads are treated.
  • Extract from : « The Burgomaster's Wife, Complete » by Georg Ebers
  • I will say what I will in mine own house, thou evil, malapert boy!
  • Extract from : « The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn » by Evelyn Everett-Green
  • One morning, his barber, a malapert of the old comedies, ventured to ask him what he was thinking of.
  • Extract from : « The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 » by Various
  • Art thou not ashamed to take sides with this malapert boy, feeding his passion and folly with thy crazy prophecies?
  • Extract from : « Stories from the Odyssey » by H. L. Havell
  • 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.
  • Extract from : « The History of the Reformation of Religion in Scotland » by John Knox
  • Malapert, my father's butler, being a witty jackanapes, told me why it was.
  • Extract from : « A Select Collection of Old English Plays (11 of 15) » by W. Carew Hazlitt
  • 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.
  • Extract from : « The Abbot » by Sir Walter Scott
  • "I want you to whip this malapert with your sword-scabbard," roared the old patrician, pale with anger.
  • Extract from : « Balsamo, The Magician » by Alexander Dumas
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