"malapert" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈmæləpɜːt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /mæləˈpɜːt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈmæləpɝt/ [General-American], /mæləˈpɝt/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-malapert.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more malapert [comparative], most malapert [superlative]
Etymology: mal- (“prefix meaning ‘not’ or 'badly'”) + apert (“open, revealed; direct, straightforward; clever, expert”), or from Middle French malappert, Old French mal apert (“ill-skilled”). Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mal|apert|t1=prefix meaning ‘not’ or 'badly'|t2=open, revealed; direct, straightforward; clever, expert}} mal- (“prefix meaning ‘not’ or 'badly'”) + apert (“open, revealed; direct, straightforward; clever, expert”), {{der|en|frm|malappert}} Middle French malappert, {{der|en|fro|mal apert||ill-skilled}} Old French mal apert (“ill-skilled”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} malapert (comparative more malapert, superlative most malapert)
  1. (archaic) Cheeky, impudent, saucy. Tags: archaic Synonyms: cheeky Derived forms: Malapert [proper-noun], malapertly, malapertness
    Sense id: en-malapert-en-adj-3YRBaN0D
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: malepart [obsolete]

Noun

IPA: /ˈmæləpɜːt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /mæləˈpɜːt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈmæləpɝt/ [General-American], /mæləˈpɝt/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-malapert.wav [Southern-England] Forms: malaperts [plural]
Etymology: mal- (“prefix meaning ‘not’ or 'badly'”) + apert (“open, revealed; direct, straightforward; clever, expert”), or from Middle French malappert, Old French mal apert (“ill-skilled”). Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mal|apert|t1=prefix meaning ‘not’ or 'badly'|t2=open, revealed; direct, straightforward; clever, expert}} mal- (“prefix meaning ‘not’ or 'badly'”) + apert (“open, revealed; direct, straightforward; clever, expert”), {{der|en|frm|malappert}} Middle French malappert, {{der|en|fro|mal apert||ill-skilled}} Old French mal apert (“ill-skilled”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} malapert (plural malaperts)
  1. (archaic) A cheeky, impudent, or saucy person. Tags: archaic Categories (topical): People Synonyms: brazenface, cheeky chappie, cheeky chops [British], cheeky monkey [Commonwealth], jackanapes, malapert [archaic], minx, saucebox Hypernyms: jerk Related terms: cheeky
    Sense id: en-malapert-en-noun-L3WrkxRS Disambiguation of People: 33 67 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with mal- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 73 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 13 87 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mal-: 25 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: malepart [obsolete]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "cheeky"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "malepart"
    }
  ],
  "word": "malapert"
}

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