Jack"a*napes (?), n. [For Jack o' (= of) apes; prop., a man who exhibits apes.] [Written also jackanape.]
1.
A monkey; an ape.
Shak.
2.
A coxcomb; an impertinent or conceited fellow.
A young upstart jackanapes. Arbuthnot.
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