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Definition of Malaperts
1. malapert [n] - See also: malapert
Lexicographical Neighbors of Malaperts
Literary usage of Malaperts
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)
"... fairest Cicely, doth every vassal Welcome the malaperts to Moonshine Castle.
CICKI.Y: Oh, this is life! Good-bye to earth's dull duty. ..."
2. The Yellow Book by Fraser Harrison (1894)
"Accustomed to clever malaperts like Miss Lloyd or Miss Reeve, whose experienced
pouts and smiles under the sun-bonnet are a standing burlesque of innocence ..."
3. The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de ( Cervantes Saavedra, Henry Edward Watts (1888)
"... who, drawing his sword, almost cleft the man's head in two, saying:—Thus do
I chastise insolent malaperts! They were all terror-stricken and none dared ..."
4. Report of the Proceedings by Church congress (1885)
"... that beneficent government is not to be despised because superior persons call
it paternal, and malaperts sneer at it as grandmother? ..."
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