Definition of Jackenapes

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.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

JACKANAPES. An ape; a pert, ugly, little fellow.

- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)

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