单词 | jackanapes |
释义 | jackanapes /jak"euh nayps'/, n. 1. an impertinent, presumptuous person, esp. a young man; whippersnapper. 2. an impudent, mischievous child. 3. Archaic. an ape or monkey. [1400-50; late ME Jakken-apes, lit., jack (i.e., man) of the ape, nickname of William de la Pole (1396-1450), Duke of Suffolk, whose badge was an ape's clog and chain] |
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