malapert (c.1360-79)
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malapert (c.1360-79)

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[ FEW: 3,309b expertus; Gdf: 5,110a malapert; GdfC: ∅; TL: ∅; DEAF: ∅; DMF:  malapert; TLF: ∅; OED:  malapert n., adj. and adv.; MED:  malapert adj.; DMLBS: ∅ ]
 

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1clumsy, inept person: 
( c.1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  Derisioun pour luy servir Ad fait un servant retenir Que l’en appelle Malapert  1683
( c.1360-79; MS: s.xivex )  Cil Malapert ly bealpiné Alant le pass engalopee Ové la ceinture bass assise  1705
apert#1  mal#1 
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