'Jackanape' definitions:
Definition of 'jackanape'
From: GCIDE
- Jackanapes \Jack"a*napes\, n. [For Jack o' (= of) apes; prop., a man who exhibits apes.] [Written also jackanape.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. A monkey; an ape. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A coxcomb; an impertinent or conceited fellow. [1913 Webster]
- A young upstart jackanapes. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] Jackaroo