malapert
Example Sentences
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"Did that little malapert come with you?" asked Porbus of the older man.
From The Unknown Masterpiece 1845 by Balzac, Honoré de
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 will say what I will in mine own house, thou evil, malapert boy!" roared the old man.
From The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn A Story of the Days of the Gunpowder Plot by Everett-Green, Evelyn
Ha! ha!" laughed the oddity who had volunteered this malapert response to the jester's inquiry, "yonder sign-post"—pointing to the aged dame—"has lost its fingers—or rather its ears.
From Under the Rose by Isham, Frederic Stewart
And tell me this one thing more, fair cousin, if it be not a malapert question.
From The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn A Story of the Days of the Gunpowder Plot by Everett-Green, Evelyn
