a. and sb. Obs. exc. dial. [This may represent an obs. F. coq apert ‘pert cock’; but it may also be an Eng. formation from the same elements; see APERT 4, and cf. malapert; in the former case the subst., in the latter the adj. use would be the original.] adj. Impudent, saucy (obs.). sb. A saucy fellow (dial.).
1556. J. Heywood, Spider & F., xliv. 93. Your cockapert pride: and your couetous harts.
1881. Isle of Wight Gloss., Cock-a-pert, a saucy fellow.
