malapert
Example Sentences
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“What is this to thee, thou malapert knave?” cried Humphrey Chetham, reddening, partly from anger, partly, it might be, from another emotion.
From Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason by William Harrison Ainsworth
The folk are sure to recognize you, malapert," said he, giving Stuteley his favorite name for him, "and there will be an outcry.
From Robin Hood by N. C. (Newell Convers) Wyeth
A child's outcry, more "malapert" than the priest, called the attention of the lingerers, and before any one knew, the passion of destruction had seized like a frenzy upon the people.
From Royal Edinburgh Her Saints, Kings, Prophets and Poets by George Reid
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 G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James
You are malapert," said the lady with a toss of her head; "besides they are so dirty.
From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Charles Reade
