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.
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2. Lively; brisk; sprightly; smart. [Obs.] --Shak.
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3. Indecorously free, or presuming; saucy; bold; impertinent.
"A very pert manner." --Addison.
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The squirrel, flippant, pert, and full of play.
--Cowper.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Pert \Pert\, v. i.
To behave with pertness. [Obs.] --Gauden.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
pert
adj : characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality; "a
certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner" [syn: impertinent,
irreverent, saucy]
WordNet (r) 2.0
114 Moby Thesaurus words for "pert":
active, activist, activistic, aggressively self-confident, alert,
alive, animate, animated, arch, arrogant, audacious, bantam,
biggety, bluff, bold, bouncing, bouncy, brash, brassy, brazen,
breezy, bright, brisk, bubbly, bumptious, challenging, cheeky,
cheerful, chesty, chipper, chirk, chirpy, chirrupy, chutzpadik,
cocky, conceited, contemptuous, crusty, daring, defiant, defying,
derisive, disdainful, disregardful, disrespectful, ebullient,
effervescent, energetic, enthusiastic, facy, flip, flippant,
forward, fresh, frisky, full of go, full of life, full of pep,
gally, gay, gratuitous, greatly daring, ill-mannered, immodest,
impertinent, impolite, impudent, insolent, jaunty, jolly, keen,
know-it-all, live, lively, malapert, mercurial, militant, nervy,
nimble, obtrusive, out of line, overwise, peacockish, peacocky,
peart, peppy, perk, perky, presumptuous, puffed up, quicksilver,
regardless of consequences, rude, sassy, saucy, self-conceited,
self-opinionated, smacking, smart, smart-alecky, smart-ass, snappy,
spanking, spirited, sprightly, spry, stuck-up, swelled-headed,
uncalled-for, uncivil, unmannerly, vivacious, wise-ass, zingy
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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