Malepart
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Malepart is an adjective meaning Obsolete form of malapert.
Meaning
Obsolete form of malapert.
Example Sentences
370 Let the malepart Paraſite be farre from thy fellowſhip.
Did any man doubt of their liberty of ſpeech, whether it were not malepart ſaucineſſe and preſumption?
Alice Driuer martyr. This was the doctrix of the forſaid weauer, who was ſo malepart and contumelious before the iudges, as firſt her eares were cutt of, for callinge Q. Mary Iezabell.
If any man be ſo incredulous or ſo malepart, as to contend, ſi quis contentioſus eſſe velit, it may ſuffice for anſwere to all his obiectious, We have no ſuch cuſtome in the Catcholicke Church, as S. Paul anſwered to the Corinthians.
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