apertadj.adv.

/əˈpəːt/

Forms: Also Middle English–1500s appert, and aphetic pert adj., adv., and n.²

Etymology: < Old French apert < Latin apertum open, past participle of aperīre to open: see aperient adj. and n. In Old French the word was to some extent confused with aspert = espert < Latin expertus, ‘expert,’ which seems to have affected some of the senses.

archaic.

A. adj.

a. Open, manifest, public, plain, unconcealed. (Opposed to privy.) archaic since c1700.

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society > communication > manifestation > manifestness > openness or unconcealedness > [adjective]

openlyeOE

underna900

openeOE

utterly12..

unhida1300

perta1325

apert1330

nakeda1382

public1394

patenta1398

foreign?c1400

overtc1400

unrecovered1433

publicalc1450

open-visageda1513

bare1526

uncloaked1539

subject1556

uncovered1577

unmasked1590

facely1593

undisguised1598

female1602

unveiled1606

unshrouded1610

barefaceda1616

disclouded1615

unhiddena1616

broad-faced1643

with full miena1657

undissembled1671

frank1752

bald-faced1761

unconfidential1772

ostensible1782

unglossed1802

undisguising1813

unvisored1827

unconcealed1839

disprivacied1848

disguiseless1850

bald1854

unobscured1879

visible1885

open door1898

above ground1976

1330 R. Mannyng Chron. 29 Gaf Saynt Cutbert Londes & liþes, with chartir aperte.

1395 J. Purvey Remonstr. (1851) 8 Glotonie, lecherie, and othere synnis prevy or apert.

c1400 Rom. Rose 6153 Religiouse folk ben fulle covert; Seculer folk ben more appert.

1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) xxxvi. 60 Appert or knowen myracles.

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxiv. 526 In vaine he had attempted to be king by apert and open force [L. palam atque aperte].

a1680 J. Glanvill Saducismus Triumphatus (1681) i. 109 The apert confession of the Nullibists.

1849 S. R. Maitland Ess. 392 Gardiner got many ‘nips,’ both ‘privy’ and apert, for his share in the book.

1879 A. W. Ward Chaucer i. 41 Our national life in this period..in its ‘apert,’ if not in its ‘privy’ sides..lacks the seriousness belonging to men and to generations.

†b. ‘Open’ in sound. Obsolete.

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the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > [adjective] > qualities of speech sounds

weaka1637

apert1668

narrow-mouthed1668

servile1700

rotund1742

tonous1773

homorganic1864

trainante1865

oral1869

neutral1874

compact1930

lento1939

1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. iii. xi. (R.) They [vowels] are therefore stiled apert or open letters.

†2. Manifest to the understanding, plain, evident.

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the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > evident certainty > [adjective]

witterc1175

apert1340

clearc1380

plainc1395

apparentc1400

demonstrablea1425

demonstrate1509

sensible?1531

explicit1623

apodicticala1638

demonstrated1646

apodictic1652

flat1665

decided1757

distinct1828

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 203 Yef þe wordes byeþ uoule..þet is apert tokne þet þe uoulhede..byeþ ine þe herte.

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xix. 192 Which had bene the directer speech and more apert.

1674 H. Hickman Hist. Quinq-articularis (ed. 2) 7 There are in Zuinglius..most apert sentences from which it is gathered that God is the Author of sin.

†3. Straightforward, direct; brisk, bold. (With batayle aperte cf. ‘open battle.’). Obsolete.

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the mind > emotion > courage > valour > warlike valour > [adjective] > bold (of battle)

apertc1300

c1300 K. Alis. 2450 Ther ros batayle aperte; Ten hundrid weoren to dethe y-dight.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) x. 73 Thai..full manfully Grete and apert defens can ma.

a1530 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Royal) viii. 4969 Wyth the wachis sturdily Made ane apert and stowt melle.

†4. Distinguished, clever, ready, expert. Obsolete.

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the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > [adjective]

keena1000

nimbleOE

wittya1100

smeighc1200

understandingc1200

aperta1330

skillwisea1340

witted1377

intelligiblea1382

well-feelinga1382

knowinga1398

finec1400

large?a1425

well-knowingc1425

of understanding1428

capax1432

sententiousc1440

well-wittedc1450

intellectual?a1475

clean1485

industriousc1487

intellective1509

cleanlyc1540

ingenious?a1560

fine-headed1574

conceited1579

conceitful1594

intelligenced1596

dexter1597

ingenuous1598

intelligent1598

senseful1598

parted1600

thinking1605

dexterical1607

solert1612

apprehensivea1616

dexterous1622

solertic1623

intelligential1646

callent1656

cunning1671

thoughtful1674

perceptive1696

clever1716

uptaking1756

spiritual1807

bright1815

gnostic1819

knowledgeable1825

brainy1845

opulent1851

opening1872

super-cerebral1916

brainiac1976

a1330 Sire Degarre 95 Ther nas non in al the Kynges londe, More apert man than was he.

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 276/2 Sharp in assoyllyng questyons, ryght appert in confundyng heretykes.

†5. Outspoken, forward in manner, bold, insolent. (Survives in the aphetized pert adj., adv., and n.²) Obsolete.

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the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [adjective]

thristec897

bolda1000

keen1297

apert1330

smartc1400

malaperta1425

overbolda1425

affronted1485

saucy1511

impertinata1525

over-familiar1529

pert1535

cocket1537

cockapert1556

contumelious1561

impudent1563

brass-bold1582

pertlike1582

paughtya1586

audacious1586

copped1597

effronted1598

petulant1598

dortya1605

rufty-tufty1606

facy1607

snappish1608

bold-faceda1616

over-pert1621

impertinent1631

procacious1660

insolent1678

calleting1691

effrontuousa1734

imperent1771

free1775

sassy1799

pawky1809

iron-sideda1825

gilpie1835

cheeky1838

fresh1843

snouty1858

nebby1873

gay1889

nebsy1894

nervy1896

brass neck1925

facety1928

facey1929

brass-necked1935

chutzpadik1959

1330 R. Mannyng Chron. 289 Modred a fole aperte was slayn [for] licherie.

c1394 P. Pl. Crede 541 Wiþ proude wordes apert þat passeth his rule.

a1400 Sir Perc. 681 Come I to the, appert fole, I salle caste the in the pole.

1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) xii. 27 She was aperte, for she praid me two or thre tymes, that I shold not leue.

1688 Vox Cleri pro Rege 3 Another stroak of his Rhetorick..to the same purpose, but only with a more apert and forward explanation.

†6. in apert (Old French en apert): openly, in public. into apert: to public view. Obsolete.

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society > communication > manifestation > manifestness > openness or unconcealedness > [adverb]

barelyc950

beforeOE

openlyOE

nakedly?c1225

in a person's bearda1250

opelyc1275

apertly1297

commonlya1325

opena1325

overtlyc1325

pertlya1375

plainc1380

in (also on) opena1382

in apertc1384

plainlyc1390

in open (also general) audiencea1393

aperta1400

in commonaltya1400

outa1400

without laina1400

in commonc1400

publishlyc1400

pertc1410

in publicc1429

on higha1450

in pert1453

to a person's facea1470

into heightc1480

forthward?1504

but hidel?1507

publicly1534

uncolouredly1561

roundly1563

famously1570

vulgarly1602

above board1603

round1604

displayedly1611

on (also upon) the square?1611

undisguisedly1611

broadly1624

discoveredly1659

unveiledly1661

under a person's nose1670

manifestly1711

before faces1762

publically1797

overboard1834

unashamedly1905

upfront1972

c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Mark iv. 22 Nether ony thing is preuy, the whiche shal not come in to apert [a1425 L.V. opyn].

1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 182 Alle tho, that hadden be Or in appert or in prive Of counseil to the mariage.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xix. 217 Mony a knycht and ek lady Mak in apert richt euill cher.

1496 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (de Worde) i. lxii. 105/1 Two maner of dedes . oone pryuely and an other in aperte or openly.

†B. adv.

Openly, manifestly, plainly, publicly.

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