Usually means: Disrespectful boldness or saucy impudence.
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  1. malapertness: Collins English Dictionary
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  4. malapertness: Dictionary.com
  5. malapertness: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  6. malapertness: FreeDictionary.org
  7. Malapertness: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  (obsolete) The condition of being malapert.

Similar:
maladroitness, pertness, apertness, impertinence, maladaptability, unaptness, apishness, impishness, impertinency, kaputness, more...

Opposite:
humility, modesty, meekness

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Similar:
maladroitness, pertness, apertness, impertinence, maladaptability, unaptness, apishness, impishness, impertinency, kaputness, more...

Opposite:
humility, modesty, meekness



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