malapert
Example Sentences
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Once missions start to go to the Moon's south pole, the association hopes to send a 2-meter radio dish and a small optical scope to the peak of the 5000-meter Malapert Mountain.
From Science Magazine
According to a scenario published by the working group in 2015, the first landing site would be Malapert Massif, a mountain near the lunar south pole, followed by a high ridge closer to the pole.
From Scientific American
In the end, the problems of the work, most of them stemming from William Plomer's clunking libretto with its self-conscious, unsingable archaisms – "Call me not malapert" is one glaring example – are never really disguised.
From The Guardian
That foolish party of light horse," he continued, speaking to one of his attendants, "must have suffered this malapert youth and his fair charge to have passed it.
From Project Gutenberg
"Do you dare, malapert boy," exclaimed Villequier, "with that bold brow, to cross-question your sovereign?"
From Project Gutenberg
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