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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.
malapert [ˈmæləˌpɜːt] Archaic or literary
adj
saucy or impudent
n
a saucy or impudent person
[from Old French: unskilful (see mal-, expert); meaning in English influenced by apert frank, from Latin apertus open]
malapertly  adv
malapertness  n
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