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   Pert

   /pərt/

   

   adjective

   • 1. (of a girl or young woman) attractively lively or cheeky: "a pert Belgian actress"
   • ▪ (of a young person or their speech or behavior) impudent: "no need to be pert, miss" Similar impudentimpertinentcheekyirreverentforwardinsolentdisrespectfulflippantfamiliarpresumptuousaudaciousboldbold as brassbrazencockyout of lineshamelessinformal:freshfliplippymouthysaucysmart-arsedsassynervysmart-assedarchaic:malapert
   • ▪ another term for peart
   • 2. (of a bodily feature or garment) attractive because neat and jaunty: "she had a pert nose and deep blue eyes" Similar jauntyneattrimstylishsmartspruceperkyrakishinformal:nattysaucy

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘manifest’): from Old French apert, from Latin apertus ‘opened’, past participle of aperire, reinforced by Old French aspert, from Latin expertus (see expert).

   Derivatives

   • 1. pertly adverb

   Scrabble Points: 6

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   • E

     1

   • R

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