malapert
Syllables: mal·a·pert/ˈmæləpɜːt/US/ˈmæləpɝt/
malapert noun: a cheeky, impudent, or saucy person.
Noun
malapert (plural malaperts)
- A cheeky, impudent, or saucy person.
- Synonyms:
- brazenface, cheeky chappie, cheeky chops, cheeky monkey, jackanapes, minx, saucebox
Adjective
malapert (comparative more malapert, superlative most malapert)
- Cheeky, impudent, saucy.
- The follest slouen ondyr heuen, / Prowde, peuiche, lyddyr, and lewde, / Malapert, medyllar, nothyng well thewde, […]a. 1530 (date written), John Skelton, “Poems against Garnesche. Skelton Laureate Defendar ageinst Lusty Garnyshe Well Beseen Crystofer Chalangar, et cetera.”, in Alexander Dyce, editor, The Poetical...
- 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).1603, Michel de Montaigne, “A Defence of Seneca and Plutarke”, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC, page 414
- Synonyms:
- cheeky
Proper noun capitalized: Malapert
UK/ˈmaləpəːt/US/ˈmæləpɚt/
Malapert
- A personification of impudence or malapertness.
malapert meaning in Urdu
malapert in Urdu
- بدتمیز, بےحیا, شوخ
Synonyms of malapert
- brazenface
- cheeky chappie
- cheeky chops
- cheeky monkey
- jackanapes
- minx
- saucebox
- cheeky
Antonyms
Forms of malapert
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | malaperts |
| alternative form (obsolete) | malepart |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more malapert |
| superlative | most malapert |
Origin of malapert
From mal- (“not, badly”) + apert (“open, revealed; direct, straightforward; clever, expert”), or from Middle French malappert, Old French mal apert (“ill-skilled”).
See malapert.
Words formed from malapert
Questions about malapert
- What does malapert mean?
- Malapert means a cheeky, impudent, or saucy person.
- What is malapert in Urdu?
- Malapert in Urdu is بدتمیز, بےحیا, شوخ. See Malapert meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is malapert?
- Malapert can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce malapert?
- Malapert is pronounced /ˈmæləpɜːt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of malapert?
- The plural of malapert is malaperts.
Words near malapert in the dictionary
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