malapertness

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

malepertness

1.
(obsolete, uncountable)The condition of being malapert.
if once it be possessed with the boldnesse to despise, and malapertnesse to impugne the opinions which tofore it held in awfull reverence […], they will soone and easily admit an equall uncertainty in all other parts of their beleefe […].

Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English malepertnesse; equivalent to malapert + -ness.