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malapert

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mal·a·pert  (ml-pûrt)
adj.
Impudently bold in speech or manner; saucy.
n.
An impudent, saucy person.
[Middle English, from Old French : mal-, mal- + apert, clever, alteration (influenced by apert, clever, saucy; see pert)of Latin expertus; see expert.]
mala·pertly adv.
mala·pertness n.
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