Pert

Quick meaning: Pert is an adjective meaning (of a person) Attractive.

Meaning

(of a person) Attractive.

More Meanings

1. (of a part of the body) Well-formed; shapely.
2. Lively; alert and cheerful; bright.
3. (intransitive, obsolete) To behave with pertness; to misbehave.
4. (archaic) Especially of children or social inferiors: cheeky, impertinent.
5. (obsolete) Open; evident; unhidden.
6. (obsolete) Clever.
7. (obsolete) An impudent person.

Example Sentences

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He was instantly attracted to Gladys's pert, fey humor and her good nature.

"You'll not be so pert when the Cornish seize you. They spit children like you and roast them on bonfires."

Says Mrs. Jervis, Pamela, don’t be pert to his Honour? You ſhould know your Diſtance; you ſee his Honour was only in Jeſt.

Word Forms

• perter
• pertest
• perts
• perting
• perted

Synonyms for pert

Depending on context, synonyms include saucy, audacious, bold, bold-faced, brassy, brazen.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include spirited, impertinent, irreverent, saucy, cheeky, sassy.

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