malapert
mal·a·pert
malapert · malaperts
A cheeky, impudent, or saucy personA cheeky, impudent, or saucy person.
UK/ˈmæləpɜːt/US/ˈmæləpɝt/
Meaning
1 senses(archaic)A cheeky, impudent, or saucy person.
Origin
From mal- (“not, badly”) + apert (“open, revealed; direct, straightforward; clever, expertFrom mal- (“not, badly”) + apert (“open, revealed; direct, straightforward; clever, expert”), or from Middle French malappert, Old French mal apert (“ill-skilled”).
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.