3 May 2013

malapert

[mal-uh-purt]

adjective
1. saucy or impudent, for example ‘a malapert person’.

noun
2. a saucy or impudent person, for example ‘a malapert’.

[C15: from Old French: unskilful (see mal- , expert ); meaning in English influenced by apert frank, from Latin apertus open]

‘malapertly

— adverb

‘malapertness

— noun

Today’s aphorism

When you focus on problems, you’ll have more problems. When you focus on possibilities, you’ll have more opportunities.

– Unknown

On this day

3 May 1933 – birth of James Brown, the Godfather of Soul. He died 25 December 2006.