Daily Word Quiz
MALAPERT a) a presumptuous, impudent or saucy person b) insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive c) an evil speaker, a slanderer d) a caterpillar that devours cabbages Answer below. Today's Featured Word TRABOCCANT ADJ. superabundant; excessive, superfluous ...1651 obs. rare ETYMOLOGY from Italian traboccante pres. pple. of traboccare to overflow, superabound FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1651 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...that the power of one might not so out-poize and be trabocant that the rest should be in danger to be blown up." From: A Survay of the Signorie of Venice By: James Howell, 1651 Daily Word Quiz Answer MALAPERT a) a presumptuous, impudent, or saucy person ...1622 obs. exc. arch.
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