malapert

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"What! are we to sit here to listen to malapert railings against men of godly life and conversation?" he added, addressing himself to Winthrop.

From The Knight of the Golden Melice A Historical Romance by Adams, John Turvill

A very malapert cur, I can tell him that; I do not like his fawning—You must be taught your distance, sirrah.

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 by Scott, Walter, Sir

"My cheerfulness can bear some strain--but the malapert must be permitted to be silent sometimes when there are serious matters to be considered."

From On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau by Hillern, Wilhelmine von

Because of the malapert efforts of the builders, the mountain has shaken its monstrous sides with laughter till the tears ran adown its face and washed out their puny sticks and stones.

From Seeds of Pine by Canuck, Janey

In this same impious malapert he had recognised M. le Marquis de St. Genis!

From The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness