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jackanapes

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10 lettersPronunciation /ˈd͡ʒækəneɪps/Part of speech nounSorted aaacejknpsStarts with JEnds with S0 clues
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Definitions

  1. someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous

Word origin

From jackanape + -s (suffix forming regular plurals of nouns).

Used in a sentence

  • To iettynge, to iaggynge, and to full of iapes; / To mockynge, to mowynge, to lye a iackenapes: […]
  • He grynnes and he gapis, / As it were iack napis.
  • Can Iack an Ape be merry vvhen his clog is at his heele.

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