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jackanape

Jackanapes \Jack"a*napes\, n. [For Jack o' (= of) apes; prop., a man who exhibits apes.] [Written also jackanape.]

  1. A monkey; an ape.
    --Shak.

  2. A coxcomb; an impertinent or conceited fellow.

    A young upstart jackanapes.
    --Arbuthnot.

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jackanape

a. Of or pertaining to a jackanapes. n. A jackanapes.

Usage examples of "jackanape".

Let me simply say here that it is my tentative opinion that the reticence of the Sfondrati-Piccolominis is best explained as the result of their collective shame at the disrepute brought upon their scholarly traditions by the jackanape Houdini Sfondrati-Piccolomini, the which charlatan and rogue did so—"