• (RP) IPA: /ˈmæləpəːt/, /mæləˈpəːt/
• (GA) IPA: /ˈmæləpɚt/, /mæləˈpɚt/

malapert (plural malaperts)

1. (archaic) A cheeky, impudent, or saucy person. [from 15th c.]

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malapert

1. (archaic) Cheeky, impudent, saucy. [from 15th c.]
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, “A Defence of Seneca and Plutarke”, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes, […], book II, printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821 ↗, page 414 ↗:

     Nevertheleſſe I finde him [Iohn Bodine] ſomewhat malapert and bolde in that paſſage of his Methode of Hiſtorie, when he accuseth Plutarke, not onely of ignorance […] but alſo that he often writeth, things altogether incredible and meerely fabulous (theſe are his very words).

• See Thesaurus:cheeky

• (RP) IPA: /ˈmaləpəːt/, /maləˈpəːt/
• (GA) IPA: /ˈmæləpɚt/, /mæləˈpɚt/

1. (obsolete) A personification of impudence or malapertness.

• malapert
• malapertly
• malapertness