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Webster 1913 Edition

Jackanapes

Jack′a-napes

,

Noun.

[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 1828 Edition

Jackanapes

JACK'ANAPES

,

Noun.

[jack and ape.] A monkey, an ape.

1.

A coxcomb; an impertinent fellow.

A young upstart jackanapes.