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pertpert /pɜːt $ pɜːrt/ adjective pertOrigin: 1200-1300 Old French apert ‘open, speaking freely’, from Latin apertus - a pert answer
- Katie is a pert outgoing young woman.
- A wren scrabbled in leaf litter a few yards away: tiny, rufous-brown, pert tailed.
- All these fishes are seemingly quite pert and inquisitive.
- Does that pert chit you were escorting home satisfy you, Neil?
- Known in her youth as Conie, she was pert, voluble, intellectually vibrant, adventuresome.
- Lady Maude, small and pert, was cheerful as a little sparrow, welcoming Benedicta like a long lost sister.
- She wore pert green velvet slippers and a lovely sea green robe.
- So, why the pert questions?
- What they wanted was a pert nose, blue eyes, strawberry hair, and height.
1a girl or woman who is pert is amusing, but slightly disrespectful: Angie gave him one of her pert little glances.2a pert part of the body is small, firm, and attractive: a pert bottom—pertly adverb—pertness noun [uncountable] |