jackanapes

Noun

Meaning

A monkey; an ape.

A coxcomb; an impertinent or conceited fellow.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Hypernyms

Examples

Critics? Don't talk to me of critics! You think some jackanapes journalist, his soul eaten away by the maggots of jealousy and failure, has anything worthwhile to say of art? I don't. Jonathan Raban

A whoreson jackanapes must take me up for swearing as if I borrowed mine oaths of him and might not spend them at my pleasure. When a gentleman is disposed to swear, it is not for any standers-by to curtail his oaths, ha. William Shakespeare

Jackanapes went on to become the Joker's most loyal henchmen. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms