malapert

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"Do you dare, malapert boy," exclaimed Villequier, "with that bold brow, to cross-question your sovereign?"

From Henry of Guise; (Vol. II of 3) or, The States of Blois by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)

Vaine-glorious, malapert, precise, deuout, Be tearmes which threaten those that go about To stand in opposition of our times With true defiance, or satyricke rimes.

From Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters by Earle, John

I dare say I looked over-long into one of the bright faces, and for a punishment was snatched into confusion by my malapert sister.

From A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 by Travis, Stuart

That foolish party of light horse," he continued, speaking to one of his attendants, "must have suffered this malapert youth and his fair charge to have passed it.

From Henry of Guise; (Vol. II of 3) or, The States of Blois by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)

In Fleet Street we shall come upon Chaucer beating the malapert Franciscan friar; at Temple Bar, stare upwards at the ghastly Jacobite heads.

From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter