What does malapertness mean?
Malapertness means (obsolete) The condition of being malapert..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(obsolete) 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 […].
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Malapertness means (obsolete) The condition of being malapert..
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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 […].
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