jackanapes

noun4

1. •
   (disapproving, old-fashioned) (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.

   • I [Aye], quoth Jack a napes, by these ten bones, / Nothing happens amiss to a praeparid minde, / Tis good philosophy, katt will to kinde. — 1573
2. •
   (no longer used) (A proper name for) an ape or monkey, especially a tame one kept for entertainment or as a pet.

   • To iettynge, to iaggynge, and to full of iapes; / To mockynge, to mowynge, to lye a iackenapes: […] — 1530
3. •
   (offensive, no longer used) A crucifix.

   • I wyl rather haue these knees pared of, then I wil kneele to yonder iacknapes (meaning the rode) God healpe me I am borne to trouble and aduersity in this world. — 1562
4. •
   (no longer used) A small pulley which keeps a rope in line when lifting ore, water, etc., from a mine.