malapert

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"I will say what I will in mine own house, thou evil, malapert boy!" roared the old man.

From The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn A Story of the Days of the Gunpowder Plot by Everett-Green, Evelyn

Out with thee, malapert knave," said the young man, in his vexation, "and know to respect thy betters.

From The Knight of the Golden Melice A Historical Romance by Adams, John Turvill

The woman was prepared to put on the airs of outraged dignity, she even glanced up at the malapert with scorn expressed in her small beady eyes.

From Lord Tony's Wife An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness

Vaine-glorious, malapert, precise, deuout, Be tearmes which threaten those that go about To stand in opposition of our times With true defiance, or satyricke rimes.

From Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters by Earle, John

Hold your peace; are you growing malapert? will you force me to make use of my authority? your wife's a well disposed and a virtuous lady; I say it, In verbo sacerdotis.

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 by Scott, Walter, Sir