malapert
Example Sentences
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Hold your peace; are you growing malapert? will you force me to make use of my authority? your wife's a well disposed and a virtuous lady; I say it, In verbo sacerdotis.
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 by Sir Walter Scott
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
"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 G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James
One morning, his barber, a malapert of the old comedies, ventured to ask him what he was thinking of.
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4, July, 1851 by Various
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
