† malapertnessn.

Forms: late Middle English malepertenesse, late Middle English mallapertnys, late Middle English–1500s malapertenes, late Middle English–1600s malapertnesse, late Middle English–1600s malepertnes, late Middle English–1600s malepertnesse, 1500s malapartnes, 1500s malapertenesse, 1500s malapertnes, 1500s malepartnes, 1500s mallapertnesse, 1500s–1600s malipertnesse, 1500s–1700s malapertness, 1600s malapartnesse, 1600s malepartnesse, 1600s malepertness, 1600s male-pertness; Scottish pre-1700 malepeirtnes.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: malapert adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < malapert adj. + -ness suffix.

Obsolete.

The quality of being malapert.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [noun]

hardiessec1300

boldness1377

malapertness?a1439

over-boldnessc1450

insolencya1513

protervitya1527

impudency1529

sauce malapert1529

petulancy1537

procacitya1538

audacity1545

sauceliness1552

forehead1564

hardihead1579

hardihood1594

outfacing1598

audaciousness1599

impudentness1599

petulancea1600

impertinency1609

impertinence1612

impudencea1616

procacya1620

affrontedness1640

brow1642

front1653

insolence1668

affrontery1679

assurance1699

effrontery1715

affrontiveness1721

swagger1725

imperence1765

cheek1823

sassiness1834

cheekiness1838

pawk1855

gall1882

chutzpah1886

face1890

mouth1891

crust1900

rind1901

smarting1902

hide1916

brass neck1937

a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) iv. 2692 Most cruelte & vengaunce in louh blood, Wher malepertnesse, ther indiscrecion.

1563 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1890) II. 24 The malepeirtnes of prophane noueltie.

1579–80 T. North tr. Alexander in Plutarch Lives (1595) 745 Clitus..would not giue ouer his impudencie and malapertenesse.

1657 G. Thornley tr. Longus Daphnis & Chloe 17 Daphnis was vext to see the horn broke, and that kind of malepertnesse of the Goat.

1682 J. Bunyan Holy War 92 Yet he had for his malapertness, one of his legs broken.

1752 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. III. 422 Such was their malapertness that great disorders would have ensued.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	malapertness
释义	† malapertnessn. Forms: late Middle English malepertenesse, late Middle English mallapertnys, late Middle English–1500s malapertenes, late Middle English–1600s malapertnesse, late Middle English–1600s malepertnes, late Middle English–1600s malepertnesse, 1500s malapartnes, 1500s malapertenesse, 1500s malapertnes, 1500s malepartnes, 1500s mallapertnesse, 1500s–1600s malipertnesse, 1500s–1700s malapertness, 1600s malapartnesse, 1600s malepartnesse, 1600s malepertness, 1600s male-pertness; Scottish pre-1700 malepeirtnes. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: malapert adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < malapert adj. + -ness suffix. Obsolete. The quality of being malapert. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [noun] hardiessec1300 boldness1377 malapertness?a1439 over-boldnessc1450 insolencya1513 protervitya1527 impudency1529 sauce malapert1529 petulancy1537 procacitya1538 audacity1545 sauceliness1552 forehead1564 hardihead1579 hardihood1594 outfacing1598 audaciousness1599 impudentness1599 petulancea1600 impertinency1609 impertinence1612 impudencea1616 procacya1620 affrontedness1640 brow1642 front1653 insolence1668 affrontery1679 assurance1699 effrontery1715 affrontiveness1721 swagger1725 imperence1765 cheek1823 sassiness1834 cheekiness1838 pawk1855 gall1882 chutzpah1886 face1890 mouth1891 crust1900 rind1901 smarting1902 hide1916 brass neck1937 a1439 J. Lydgate Fall of Princes (Bodl. 263) iv. 2692 Most cruelte & vengaunce in louh blood, Wher malepertnesse, ther indiscrecion. 1563 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1890) II. 24 The malepeirtnes of prophane noueltie. 1579–80 T. North tr. Alexander in Plutarch Lives (1595) 745 Clitus..would not giue ouer his impudencie and malapertenesse. 1657 G. Thornley tr. Longus Daphnis & Chloe 17 Daphnis was vext to see the horn broke, and that kind of malepertnesse of the Goat. 1682 J. Bunyan Holy War 92 Yet he had for his malapertness, one of his legs broken. View more context for this quotation 1752 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. III. 422 Such was their malapertness that great disorders would have ensued. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.?a1439
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