Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

malapert

malapert (mal"ȧ*pẽrt) , adjective

[Old French malapert unskillful, ill-taught, ill-bred; mal ill + apert open, adroit, intelligent, Latin apertus, past participle of aperire to open. See Malice, and Aperient.]

Bold; forward; impudent; saucy; pert.
A malapert person. — Shakespeare
Are you growing malapert! Will you force me to make use of my authority? — Dryden