2. A coxcomb; an impertinent or conceited fellow.
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A young upstart jackanapes. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
jackanape — 1. adjective Of or pertaining to a jackanapes. I will teach a scurvy jackanape priest to meddle or make. 2. noun A jackanapes … Wiktionary
Jackanape's Row — North out of St. Paul s Churchyard to Blow Bladder Street, in Farringdon Ward Within, at the western end of Cheapside (P.C. 1732 Boyle, 1799). Removed to widen the thoroughfare. Named after a tavern which stood there 1652 (Lond. Top. Rec … Dictionary of London
Jackanapes — Jack a*napes, n. [For Jack o (= of) apes; prop., a man who exhibits apes.] [Written also {jackanape}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A monkey; an ape. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. A coxcomb; an impertinent or conceited fellow. [1913 Webster] A young upstart… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
jackanapes — n. [Written also Jackanape.] 1. Monkey. See ape. 2. Beau, fop, dandy. See jack a dandy … New dictionary of synonyms
