jackanapes (English, noun)
expansion: jackanapes (plural jackanapeses)
Senses:
glosses: (A proper name for) an ape or monkey, especially a tame one kept for entertainment or as a pet.
tags: obsolete
glosses: (A proper name for) a person thought to behave like an ape or monkey, for example, in being impudent, mischievous, vain, etc.; specifically (chiefly humorous), an impudent or mischievous child.
tags: broadly
dated
derogatory
topics: Christianity
glosses: A crucifix.
tags: broadly
derogatory
obsolete
rare
topics: business
mining
glosses: A small pulley which keeps a rope in line when lifting ore, water, etc., from a mine.
tags: broadly
obsolete
Forms:
form: jackanapeses
tags: plural
form: jackanape
tags: alternative
form: jack-a-napes
tags: alternative