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malapert, a. and n. Obs. exc. arch.|ˈmæləpɜːt|
Forms: 5 maleapert, maleperte, 5–7 malapart, 6 malaperte, malepeirt, maloperte, mallaparte, 6–7 malepart, malipert, malipart, mallapert, 6–8 malepert, 7 maleparte, mallepart, mallipart, mally part, malapart, 5– malapert.
[a. OF. malapert, used by E. Deschamps as the contrary of appert = espert clever, able (:—L. expertus expert a.). Here mal has (as in maladroit, malcontent) the effect of reversing a favourable signification; but the Eng. sense of the compound points to its having been apprehended as if f. mal (in the sense ‘improperly’) + apert bold, outspoken, insolent (see apert a. 5).]
A. adj. Of persons, their qualities, actions, etc.: Presumptuous, impudent, ‘saucy’.
c1420Lydg. Assembly of Gods 503 They swere gret othes for the noonys Her lawe to dyspyce, that was so malapert. c1430― Min. Poems (Percy Soc.) 166 Maleapert of chiere and of visage. c1440Jacob's Well 148 Þe secunde is veyn woordys, male-apert, in iangeling. 1513Douglas æneis ix. i. 7 Hir madyne Iris from hevin sendis sche To the bald Turnus, malapert and stout. 1529More Dyaloge iii. Wks. 227/1 His malepert boldnes might peraduenture be punished. 1567Drant Horace, Ep. i. xviii. F vj, Be perte, and cleare in countinaunce, not malipert, and light. 1601Shakes. Twel. N. iv. i. 47, I must haue an Ounce or two of this malapert blood from you. 1609Bible (Douay) Prov. vii. 15 Taking the yong-man she kisseth him, and with malepert countenance speaketh fayre. 1633T. Stafford Pac. Hib. i. iii. (1810) 253, I haue uterly rooted those malepart bowes out of the orchard of my country. 1640Brome Sparagus Garden ii. iii. Wks. 1873 III. 141 With dry jests to maule the mallipart'st lesser ones..out o' the pit of wit. Ibid. ii. v. 148 Yes Malipert Jack, I have heard that he has seene her. 1671H. Foulis Hist. Rom. Treas. vi. iii. 382 In the mean time the Presbyterian Kirk grow very mallypart. 1738tr. Guazzo's Art Conversation 151 b, They ought not to suffer the Honour and Degree of Gentry to be disgraced by the Presumption of malapert Clowns. 1763Brit. Mag. IV. 296 The officer who uttered the first malapert sentence, was put under arrest. 1825Scott Betrothed viii, You are too malapert for a young maiden. 1884W. C. Smith Kildrostan 40 If I was malapert, 'Twere fitter to rebuke than second me.
quasi-adv.1609B. Jonson Sil. Wom. iv. iv, It angred me to the soule, to heare 'hem beginne to talke so malepert.
B. n. A presumptuous or ‘saucy’ person.
1622R. Hawkins Voy. S. Sea (1847) 165 Such malaperts deserve..to have their spoyle taken from them. 1709Steele Tatler No. 143 ⁋1 The Malapert knew well enough I laughed at her. 1765G. Colman Comedies of Terence 292 Away, you malapert! Your frowardness Had well nigh ruined me. |