| Pronunciation: | | 'jaku`neyps
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[n] someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous |
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JACKANAPES is a 10 letter word that starts with J. |
| | Synonyms: | | lightweight, whippersnapper |
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| | See Also: | | cipher, cypher, nobody, nonentity |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Jack"a*napes\, n. [For Jack o' (= of) apes; prop., a
man who exhibits apes.] [Written also {jackanape}.]
1. A monkey; an ape. --Shak.
2. A coxcomb; an impertinent or conceited fellow.
A young upstart jackanapes. --Arbuthnot.
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