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American Heritage Dictionary (3 definitions)
- A conceited or impudent person.
- A mischievous child.
- Archaic A monkey or an ape.
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The grinning, slithering jackanapes is reportedly going to concentrate his sales pitch on the U.S., suspecting that we Brits would sooner chew our tongues than buy his book when it is published on Sept. 13.
Father said: I don't care much about these visits to the Richters as long as that young jackanapes is still there, but Mother can't very well refuse.
"That little jackanapes is still here," said Ivanoff, as be stared at
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/(jăkˈə-nāpsˌ)/
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Etymology
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From Middle English Jack Napis, nickname of William de la Pole, Fourth Earl and First Duke of Suffolk (1396-1450).
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