Pronounced: AR-uhnt, adj
Notes: This word sound like errant, but has a different meaning
Yesterday’s word
The word malapert means “impudently bold; saucy”
First usage
Our word came into English around 1400
Background / Comments
You probably (as I did) recognized the mal- prefix (bad; badly), which came from the Latin word malus. The second half of our word came from the Middle English word apert (open; frank), which came from the Latin word apertus (open). Thus our word is something that is open or frank in a bad way: bold or rude.
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