Posted on 07/13/2015 5:31:06 AM PDT by xsmommy
Word For The Day, Monday, 7/13/15
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
jackanapes; noun
noun 1. an impertinent, presumptuous person, especially a young man; whippersnapper.
2. an impudent, mischievous child.
3. Archaic. an ape or monkey.
Etymology: 1400-50; late Middle English Jakken-apes, literally, jack (i.e., man) of the ape, nickname of William de la Pole (1396-1450), Duke of Suffolk, whose badge was an ape's clog and chain
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The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.
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