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malapert
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. -- n. A
malapert person.
Are you growing malapert! Will you force me to make use
of my authority ?
--Dryden.
[1913 Webster] -- Mal"a*pert`ly, adv. -- mal"a*pert`ness,
n.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
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.)
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 remain in almost constant darkness. The nearest craters of note are Cabeus to the west, and Shoemaker to the south-southeast and nearer to the south pole of the Moon.
The rim of Malapert forms an irregular ring of peaks around the interior floor. The western side of the rim is overlain by what appear to be impact craters. There are also small craters overlying the southeastern rim. Much of the interior and details of the rim remain hidden by shadows.
The southwestern part of the rim forms part of a 5-km-high rise in the surface that has been unofficially designated Malapert Mountain. This ridge appears wider along a line running roughly east–west, although details of the back side are hidden by shadows. The peak of this ridge lies almost exactly along 0° longitude, and it has the unusual attribute of lying within sight of both the Earth and the crater Shackleton at the south pole.
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.