| 单词 | saucy and malapert |
| 释义 | > as lemmassaucy and malapert † In collocation with malapert for emphasis, typically in saucy and malapert: very insolent or presumptuous. Cf. sauce malapert n. Obsolete. ΚΠ a1529 J. Skelton Agaynst Scottes in Certayne Bks. (?1545) sig. B Your Sumner to saucy to malapert. 1541 T. Paynell tr. Felicius Conspiracie of Catiline sig. Sv There is no slaue, whose seruile condition is any thyng tollerable, whiche doth not vtterly abhore the saucy and malapert boldnes of our citisins [L. qui non audaciam ciuium perhorrescat]. 1602 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law i. Introd. 7 Comparisons wer of al things most saucy and malepert. 1718 J. Strype Life J. Whitgift iii. xxii. 305 His saucy and malapert Behaviour towards him. < as lemmas |
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