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pert
UK /pɜːt/ US /pɝt/
adj 5noun 2verb 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
bottom, deep, new, slender
VERB + PERT
attracted, looked, model
PERT + NOUN
breasts, fey, humor, nose
PREP.
in
Definitions
adj
1
Attractive.
2
Well-formed; shapely.
pert breasts
3
Lively; alert and cheerful; bright.
Goe Philoſtrate, / Stirre vp the Athenian youth to merriments, / Awake the peart and nimble ſpirit of mirth, / Turne melancholy foorth to funerals: […]
He was instantly attracted to Gladys's pert, fey humor and her good nature.
4
Especially of children or social inferiors: cheeky, impertinent.
Says Mrs. Jervis, Pamela, don’t be pert to his Honour? You ſhould know your Diſtance; you ſee his Honour was only in Jeſt.
[T]he Major began to think that Pen was growing exceedingly pert and conceited, and that the world made a great deal too much of him.
5
Open; evident; unhidden.
Some parled as perte · as prouyd well after, / And clappid more ffor þe coyne · þat þe kyng oweth hem / Thanne ffor comfforte of þe comyne […]
verb
1
To behave with pertness; to misbehave.
noun
1
An impudent person.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality
- impertinent
- irreverent
- saucy
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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pert breasts
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Goe Philoſtrate, / Stirre vp the Athenian youth to merriments, / Awake the peart and nimble ſpirit of mirth, / Turne melancholy foorth to funerals: […]
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He was instantly attracted to Gladys's pert, fey humor and her good nature.
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Mary had a pert nose and deep blue eyes.
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She looked pert in her new dress.
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The model had a pert bottom and slender legs.
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