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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