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An old-fashioned term for an impudent or conceited person.

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jackanapes

The comic character dismissed his rival as a jackanapes.
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The editor labeled jackanapes an old-fashioned insult rather than a neutral description.
From Vocabulary Studio 38: Irreproachable to jocund.
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