| 释义 |
peart, a.|pɪət|
Also 6 peirt, 6– piert, 9 peert.
A variant of pert a., with lengthened vowel, found already in 15th c., and formerly occurring in all the senses; still widely used in the dialects, and sometimes as a literary archaism or localism in senses no longer expressed by pert; esp.a. Lively, brisk, sprightly, active; b. Clever, intelligent, sharp of comprehension. See pert. |