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    [Noun]  | "jack*a*napes" | \ ˈja-kə-ˌnāps \


    1: an impudent or conceited fellow

    2: a saucy or mischievous child

    3: monkey, ape


    Origin: circa 1529 ;

     Middle English Jack Napis, nickname for William de la Pole †1450 duke of Suffolk;

     [ "Jackanapes" ]

    1: Jackanapes: Definition Noun - Someone unimportant but cheeky in manner.

      * e.g.,  ... Kyle's a jackanapes; James is always screwing around, he's such a jackanapes!; 

     [ "Jackanape" ]

    1: Jackanape is a person that's disrespectful rude has a loud mouth and usually conceited

      * e.g.,  ... My neighbor is nothing but a jackanape he thinks the world revolves around him 

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