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Definition of Malapert
1. a. Bold; forward; impudent; saucy; pert.
Definition of Malapert
1. Noun. (context: now archaic) An impudent or saucy person. (defdate from 15th c.) ¹
2. Adjective. (context: now archaic) Impudent, cheeky, saucy. (defdate from 15th c.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Malapert
1. an impudent person [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Malapert
Literary usage of Malapert
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1882)
"Lord malapert. Cicely. The Seneschal. Mariana. The Man in the Moon. Flick. ...
LORD malapert: Boy of 14. Fancy court suit, over which he wears, at first, ..."
2. On the Study of Words: Lectures Addressed (originally) to the Pupils at the by Richard Chenevix Trench (1866)
"Others, as ' deft,' ' debonair,' ' malapert,' reach down, at least in literary
use, to the middle of the eighteenth century; with, in the case of the last, ..."
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