Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pert"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Pert \Pert\, v. i.
To behave with pertness. [Obs.] --Gauden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Pert \Pert\, a. [An aphetic form of OE. & OF. apert open, known,
true, free, or impudent. See {Apert}.]
1. Open; evident; apert. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman.

2. Lively; brisk; sprightly; smart. [Obs.] --Shak.

3. Indecorously free, or presuming; saucy; bold; impertinent.
``A very pert manner.'' --Addison.

The squirrel, flippant, pert, and full of play.
--Cowper.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

pert
adj : characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality; "a
certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner" [syn: {impertinent},
{irreverent}, {saucy}]


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