- bold or impudent in speech or behavior; saucy; forward
- chic and jaunty
- Dial. in good spirits or health; lively; brisk
- Obs. clever
Origin of pert
ME, aphetic for apert from Old French from Classical Latin apertus, open: see aperture
A woman's pert fashion sense matched her effervescent personality.
- An example of something pert is a hat that is perched in a confident and provocative way.
- An example of something pert is a group of older women who love to dance.
The definition of pert is something that is bold and stylish with a little attitude, or lively and stimulating.
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adjective
pert·er, pert·est- a. High-spirited, lively, or cheerful: A pert receptionist greets each client.b. Impudently bold; saucy: He was pert to his teacher. She gave a pert answer.
- a. Attractive or stylish in appearance: a pert hat.b. Small or firm and well-formed: a pert nose.
Origin of pert
Middle English unconcealed, bold short for apert obvious, frank ( probably influenced by Old French aspert, espert clever ) from Old French from Latin apertus open past participle of aperīre to open ; see wer-4 in Indo-European roots.Related Forms:
- pert′ly
adverb
- pert′ness
noun
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Adjective
(comparative perter, superlative pertest)
- Attractive (of a person); well-formed, shapely (of a part of the body). [from 14th c.]
- Lively; alert and cheerful; bright. [from 16th c.]
- (now rare) Cheeky, impertinent (especially of children or social inferiors). [from 15th c.]
Verb
(third-person singular simple present perts, present participle perting, simple past and past participle perted)
- (intransitive, obsolete) To behave with pertness.
Origin
Aphetic form of apert.
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Sentence Examples
- Polo shirts are always a popular item because they can be made to look both dressy or casual, though they almost always look neat due to their pert little collar.
- These tattoos usually revealed bare, pert breasts that often symbolized the lust and desire the wearer had for women in general.
- Shadows played across the delicate, pert features.
- Henry Thrale, one of the most opulent brewers in the kingdom, a man .of sound and cultivated understanding, rigid principles, and liberal spirit, was married to one of those clever, kind-hearted, engaging, vain, pert young women who are perpetually doing or saying what is not exactly right, but who, do or say what they may, are always agreeable.
- The voluptuous brunette was pert and sophisticated.
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