malapert

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

In Fleet Street we shall come upon Chaucer beating the malapert Franciscan friar; at Temple Bar, stare upwards at the ghastly Jacobite heads.

From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter

I had a wife—may heaven bless her soul—but when it happened sometimes that she played malapert, I used to mount the high horse, and bring out my thunder.

From Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. by Morley, John

"I'll e'en fetch him to you myself, malapert," said Warrenton.

From Robin Hood by Wyeth, N. C. (Newell Convers)

"Did that little malapert come with you?" asked Porbus of the older man.

From The Unknown Masterpiece 1845 by Balzac, Honoré de

“What is this to thee, thou malapert knave?” cried Humphrey Chetham, reddening, partly from anger, partly, it might be, from another emotion.

From Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason by Ainsworth, William Harrison