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malapertness

malapertness noun: the condition of being malapert.

Noun

malapertness (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The condition of being malapert.
    • if once it be possessed with the boldnesse to despise, and malapertnesse to impugne the opinions which tofore it held in awfull reverence […], they will soone and easily admit an equall uncertainty in all other parts of their beleefe […]., II.12

Forms of malapertness

alternative formmalepertness

Origin of malapertness

From Middle English malepertnesse; equivalent to malapert + -ness.

Questions about malapertness

What does malapertness mean?
Malapertness means the condition of being malapert.
What part of speech is malapertness?
Malapertness is a noun.

Words near malapertness in the dictionary

  1. Malapad na Bato
  2. malapaho
  3. Malapatan
  4. malapert
  5. malapertly
  6. malapertness
  7. malaperts
  8. malaphor
  9. malaphors
  10. malapi
  11. Malapoc

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