cockapertadj.n.
/ˌkɒkəˈpəːt/, /ˈkɒkəpəːt/, U.S. /ˈkɑkəˌpərt/ Now chiefly archaic.
A. adj.
Impudent, presumptuous; impertinent, cheeky.In quot. 1899 as a nickname.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [adjective]
thristec897
bolda1000
keen1297
apert1330
smartc1400
malaperta1425
overbolda1425
affronted1485
saucy1511
impertinata1525
over-familiar1529
pert1535
cocket1537
cockapert1556
contumelious1561
impudent1563
brass-bold1582
pertlike1582
paughtya1586
audacious1586
copped1597
effronted1598
petulant1598
dortya1605
rufty-tufty1606
facy1607
snappish1608
bold-faceda1616
over-pert1621
impertinent1631
procacious1660
insolent1678
calleting1691
effrontuousa1734
imperent1771
free1775
sassy1799
pawky1809
iron-sideda1825
gilpie1835
cheeky1838
fresh1843
snouty1858
nebby1873
gay1889
nebsy1894
nervy1896
brass neck1925
facety1928
facey1929
brass-necked1935
chutzpadik1959
1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie xliv. 93 Your cockapert pride: and your couetous harts.
1899 S. H. Burchell Duke's Servants iii. viii. 287 ‘There, Mistress Cockapert!’ he continued, snapping his fingers at her, ‘take that in the nose and learn manners!’
1900 W. W. Astor Pharaoh's Daughter & Other Stories 197 He clapt me on the shoulder and bade me run after ‘that cockapert animallio’ and give him his Toy.
1922 H. McCrae Du Poissey Anecd. 154 Then was I very angry and declared myself should go down to fetch him over the coals for a cockapert harlot.
2015 E. Quinn Lady Beresford's Lover xvii. 153 The boy gave a cockapert grin.
B. n.
A cockapert person.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [noun] > impudent person
bolda1400
capron hardya1477
malaperta1529
jackanapes1534
past-shame1553
saucea1556
saucy-face1566
outfacer1579
impudent1586
Jack sauce?1590
brazen-face1602
impertinence1611
impertinent1612
insolency1613
insolenta1616
brass-face1647
flapsea1652
impudence1671
bold-face1692
ironface1697
Corinthian1699
scandal-proof1699
saucy-box1702
busker1728
insolence1740
effronterist1776
pert1785
nash-gab1816
card1853
pawk1855
sass-box1856
a one1880
cockapert1881
1881 H. Smith & C. R. Smith Isle of Wight Words 7 Cock-a-pert, a saucy fellow.
1899 S. H. Burchell Duke's Servants ii. x. 190 He's here, I know, else the cockapert had not sent me on a fool's errand to Barnet!
2009 S. Micklem Wildfire vi. 97 I heard about..the cockapert who insulted you.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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