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jack·a·napes (j

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1. A conceited or impudent person.

2. A mischievous child.

3. Archaic A monkey or an ape.

[From Middle English Jack Napis, nickname of William de la Pole, Fourth Earl and First Duke of Suffolk (1396-1450).]

jackanapes [ˈdʒækəˌneɪps]

1. a conceited impertinent person

2. a mischievous child

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) Archaic a monkey

[variant of Jakken-apes, literally: Jack of the ape, nickname of William de la Pole (1396-1450), first Duke of Suffolk, whose badge showed an ape's ball and chain]

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Noun

jackanapes - someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous

whippersnapper, lightweight

nobody, nonentity, cypher, cipher - a person of no influence

Translations

jackanapes [ˈdʒækəneɪps] N → mequetrefe m

jackanapes

n pl <-> (old) (= man) → Fant m (old), → (eingebildeter) Laffe (old); (= child) → Racker m (old)

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cipher cypher Jane-of-apes lightweight monkey nobody nonentity pup whippersnapper			He then proceeded to inform her plainly that Jones was in bed with a wench, and made use of an expression too indelicate to be here inserted; which so enraged Mrs Honour, that she called him jackanapes, and returned in a violent hurry to her mistress, whom she acquainted with the success of her errand, and with the account she had received; which, if possible, she exaggerated, being as angry with Jones as if he had pronounced all the words that came from the mouth of Partridge. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context The next moment he was lost in a fringe of birches; then he came out again on the upper side, where I could see him climbing like a jackanapes, for that part was again very steep; and then he dipped behind a shoulder, and I saw him no more. Kidnapped by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context It was beyond a doubt some unspeakable tenor, a good-looking jackanapes, who mouthed and simpered as he sang The Phantom of the Opera by Leroux, Gaston View in context			jack-a-lantern Jack-a-lent Jack-at-a-pinch Jack-at-all-trades jack-by-the-hedge Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon Jack-in-a-box jack-in-office jack-in-the-box Jack-in-the-bush jack-in-the-green jack-in-the-pulpit jack-knife jack-o'-lantern jack-o-lantern jack-o-lantern fungus jack-of-all-trades Jack-of-the-buttery Jack-of-the-clock Jack-on-both-sides Jack-out-of-office jack-tar Jack-the-lad Jack-the-rags jackal jackanapes Jackaroo jackass Jackass bark jackass bat Jackass deer Jackass hare jackass penguin jackass rig jackboot jackboot tactics jackbooted jackboots jackdaw jacked Jackeen jackeroo jacket jacket crown jacket potato Jacketed Jacketing jackfish jackfruit jackfruit tree jackhammer			Jack-knife jack-o'-lantern jack-o'-lantern jack-o'-lanterns jack-o'-lanterns jack-o-lantern jack-o-lantern jack-o-lantern jack-o-lantern fungus jack-of-all-trades jack-of-all-trades jack-of-all-trades Jack-of-the-buttery Jack-of-the-clock Jack-on-both-sides Jack-out-of-office Jack-Pine Warbler Jack-Straw Crystals Jack-tar Jack-tar Jack-the-lad Jack-the-rags jackal jackal jackal Jackalope Days Jackalope Preservation in Northern America Foundation Jackals Jackals Jackals jackanapes Jackaroo jackarooed jackarooing jackaroos jackass jackass jackass jackass Jackass (disambiguation) Jackass (disambiguation) Jackass bark jackass bat Jackass deer Jackass hare Jackass Morwong Jackass Morwong Jackass of the Month jackass penguin jackass rig Jackass the Movie Jackass-barque Jackasses Jackasses jackbit jackboot jackboot tactics jackbooted jackboots jackdaw jackdaw

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