Malapertly

Malapertly: malapert mal"a*pert (m[a^]l"[.a]*p[~e]rt), a. [OF. malapert unskillful, ill-taught, ill-bred; mal ill + apert open, adroit, intelligent, L. apertus, p. p. of aperire to open. See {Malice}, and {Aperient}.] Bold; forward; impudent; saucy; pert. --Shak. -- n. A malapert person. [1913 Webster]
Are you growing malapert! Will you force me to make use of my authority ? --Dryden. [1913 Webster] -- {Mal"a*pert`ly}, adv. -- {mal"a*pert`ness}, n. [1913 Webster]

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malapertly — See malapert. * * * … Universalium
malapertly — mÃ¦lÉ™pÉœrtlÉª / pÉœËt adv. boldly, impertinently, forwardly, rudely (Archaic) … English contemporary dictionary
malapertly — malˈapertly adverb • • • Main Entry: ↑malapert … Useful english dictionary
malapert — malapertly, adv. malapertness, n. /mal euh perrt /, Archaic. adj. 1. unbecomingly bold or saucy. n. 2. a malapert person. [1375 1425; late ME: insolent < MF: unskillful. See MAL , PERT] * * * … Universalium
malapertness — See malapertly. * * * … Universalium
malapert — (adj.) impudent, early 15c., from O.Fr. mal apert, lit. ill skilled, from mal badly (see MAL (Cf. mal )) + apert skillful, variant of espert experienced, skillful, clever (from L. expertus; see EXPERT (Cf. expert)). Rel … Etymology dictionary
malapert — /ˈmæləpɜt/ (say maluhpert) Archaic –adjective 1. unbecomingly bold or saucy. –noun 2. a malapert person. {Middle English, from Old French, from mal badly + appert, for espert, from Latin expertus expert} –malapertly, adverb …
malapert — [mal′ə pʉrt΄] adj. [OFr < mal, badly (see MAL ) + appert, var. of espert, experienced, deft (see EXPERT): infl. by apert, open, bold (< L apertus: see APERTURE)] Archaic saucy; impudent; pert n. Archaic a saucy, impudent person malapertly… … English World dictionary

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