About The Word Pert

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Pert

Pert Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Pert?
[adj] characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality; "a certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Pert: impertinent | irreverent | saucy | spirited Related Terms | Find terms related to 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 See Also | Pert In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\Pert\, v. i. To behave with pertness. [Obs.] --Gauden. |
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