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ˈcockapert, a. and n. Obs. exc. dial.
[This may represent an obs. F. coq. apert ‘pert cock’; but it may also be an Eng. formation from the same elements; see apert 4, and cf. malapert; in the former case the subst., in the latter the adj. use would be the original.]
adj. Impudent, saucy (obs.). n. A saucy fellow (dial.).
1556J. Heywood Spider & F. xliv. 93 Your cockapert pride: and your couetous harts. 1881Isle of Wight Gloss., Cock-a-pert, a saucy fellow. |