- malapert
- adjective Etymology: Middle English, from mal- + apert open, frank — more at pert Date: 14th century impudently bold ; saucy
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Malapert — Coordinates 84°54′S 12°54′E / 84.9°S 12.9°E / 84.9; 1 … Wikipedia
malapert — mal a*pert (m[a^]l [.a]*p[ e]rt), a. [OF. malapert unskillful, ill taught, ill bred; mal ill + apert open, adroit, intelligent, L. apertus, p. p. of aperire to open. See {Malice}, and {Aperient}.] Bold; forward; impudent; saucy; pert. Shak. n. A… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
malapert — index brazen, impertinent (insolent), insolent, obtrusive, presumptuous Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
malapert — (adj.) impudent, early 15c., from O.Fr. mal apert, lit. ill skilled, from mal badly (see MAL (Cf. mal )) + apert skillful, variant of espert experienced, skillful, clever (from L. expertus; see EXPERT (Cf. expert)). Rel … Etymology dictionary
malapert — [mal′ə pʉrt΄] adj. [OFr < mal, badly (see MAL ) + appert, var. of espert, experienced, deft (see EXPERT): infl. by apert, open, bold (< L apertus: see APERTURE)] Archaic saucy; impudent; pert n. Archaic a saucy, impudent person malapertly… … English World dictionary
malapert — malapertly, adv. malapertness, n. /mal euh perrt /, Archaic. adj. 1. unbecomingly bold or saucy. n. 2. a malapert person. [1375 1425; late ME: insolent < MF: unskillful. See MAL , PERT] * * * … Universalium
malapert — [ maləpə:t] archaic adjective presumptuous and impudent. noun a malapert person. Origin ME: from mal + archaic apert insolent … English new terms dictionary
malapert — /ˈmæləpɜt/ (say maluhpert) Archaic –adjective 1. unbecomingly bold or saucy. –noun 2. a malapert person. {Middle English, from Old French, from mal badly + appert, for espert, from Latin expertus expert} –malapertly, adverb …
Malapert gen. Neufville — Malapert gen. Neufville, ein seit 1792 freiherrliches Geschlecht, welches zur altadeligen Gesellschaft des Hauses Frauenstein zu Frankfurt a. M. gehört, u. dessen Chef jetzt ist: Freiherr Gustav Adolf, geb. 1787, Senior der Familie, nassauischer… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
malapert — noun An impudent or saucy person … Wiktionary
