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pert

Pronunciation: /pɜːt/

The English word “pert” has 8 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Attractive.
  2. Well-formed; shapely.
  3. Lively; alert and cheerful; bright.
  4. Especially of children or social inferiors: cheeky, impertinent.
  5. Open; evident; unhidden.
  6. Clever.

verb

  1. To behave with pertness; to misbehave.

noun

  1. An impudent person.

Etymology

From Middle English pert, perte, aphetic form of apert.

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