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Answer for the clue "Saucy ", 8 letters:
malapert

Word definitions for malapert in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Malapert is a lunar crater that lies near the southern limb of the Moon . From the Earth this formation is viewed from the side, limiting the amount of detail that can be seen. The crater is also illuminated at very low angles, so that parts of the interior ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"impudent," early 15c., from Old French mal apert , literally "ill-skilled," from mal- "badly" (see mal- ) + apert "skillful," variant of espert "experienced, skillful, clever" (from Latin expertus ; see expert ). Related: Malapertly ; malapertness .

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. (context now archaic English) impudent, cheeky, saucy. (from 15th c.) n. (context now archaic English) An impudent or saucy person. (from 15th c.)

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
malapert \mal"a*pert\ (m[a^]l"[.a]*p[~e]rt), a. [OF. malapert unskillful, ill-taught, ill-bred; mal ill + apert open, adroit, intelligent, L. apertus, p. p. of aperire to open. See Malice , and Aperient .] Bold; forward; impudent; saucy; pert. --Shak. -- ...

Usage examples of malapert.

And even Nina Malapert was no longer the happy, bubbling, free spirit of old.

Nina Malapert and Stuart Lennox had their own separate rooms too, just down the corridor.

Nina Malapert appeared in her studio again, red-faced and breathless from fighting in the streets, to follow up her live coverage of the invasion with newly arrived information from the combined fleet currently approaching Logres.

Nina Malapert dodged out from behind him now and again to blow large holes in the crowd with her gun.

Nina Malapert shook her head sadly, when she realized that was all they were going to say.

And then Nina Malapert came bustling through the doors into the court, with three news cameras bobbing along behind her.

Steel and Nina Malapert made their way into the Rookery, disguised under heavy cloaks and holo faces, with just enough hints about them to suggest they were two well-off ladies, slumming it in the Rookery for pleasures unobtainable in the more civilized parts of the city.

All except for demon girl reporter Nina Malapert, who was there as the guest of the Paragon Emma Steel.

Nina Malapert, anonymous in the ubiquitous mourning black, her pink mohawk subdued under a heavy black cowl, shouldered her way through the packed crowds, not even glancing at the street.

Nina Malapert kept one eye on the small viewscreen in her rented room, while she and Stuart Lennox prepared for their unexpected part in the trial of King Douglas.

Or was it saucy magnanimity, a superior gesture, a token of malapert forgiveness?

She had allowed the little hopper to follow its ballistic trajectory, knowing it was going to come down way short of the Astro base in the Malapert Mountains.