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adjective

Pert adj.

Open; evident; apert. (Obs.)

Lively; brisk; sprightly; smart. (Obs.)

Indecorously free, or presuming; saucy; bold; impertinent. "A very pert manner." "The squirrel, flippant, pert, and full of play."

verb

Pert v. i. To behave with pertness. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Pert'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Pert" Quotes from Famous Books

... "It was pert and unbecoming," said Father Francis, gravely, though a twinkle in his eye showed that he was not so profoundly shocked as his penitent appeared to be. "But go to graver matters. Immodesty, said you? I shall be very ...

— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866 • Various

... brother, holding the place of mercantile clerk at Hamburg, the English correspondence naturally falls; while a still younger one at Marseilles has the French. For the Italian was found a musician, on his first trip into the world; while the youngest of all, a sort of pert nestling, had applied himself to Jew-German,—the other languages having been cut off from him,—and, by means of his frightful ciphers, brought the rest of them into despair, and my parents into a hearty laugh at ...

— Autobiography • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

... at right angles to the stoop of the Cheval Blanc was a grandfather omnibus, which certainly dated from the Second Empire. Its sign read: GRASSE-ST. CEZAIRE. SERVICE DE LA POSTE. The canvas boot had the curve of ocean waves. A pert little hood stuck out over the driver's seat. The pair of lean horses—one black, the other white—stood with noses turned towards the tramway rails. The Artist was still gazing skylineward. I grasped his arm, and ...

— Riviera Towns • Herbert Adams Gibbons

... dared her lips to pout, Like many pert young misses, I'd wind my arm her waist about, And punish ...

— The Book of Humorous Verse • Various

... seem more pert upon paper than they did upon her lips. Her naivete, the twinkling light in her eyes, and the smile flitting about her mouth, always modified greatly the expression ...

— Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood • George MacDonald

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