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pert¹

  • /pɜːt/ UK
  • /pɝt/ US

Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)t

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From Middle English pert, perte, aphetic form of apert.

adjective perter · pertest

  1. of a person Attractive.
  2. of a part of the body 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: […]
  4. archaic 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.

    Similar: audacious, bold, get wise, bold-faced, bold as brass, brassy, malapert, brazen, brazen-faced, cheeky, chutzpadik, cocket

  5. obsolete 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 […]
  6. obsolete Clever.

verb perts · perting · perted

  1. intransitive, obsolete To behave with pertness; to misbehave.

noun perts

  1. obsolete An impudent person.

PERT²

noun

  1. abbreviation, acronym, uncountable Acronym of program evaluation and review technique

Translations

Every language

adj attractive

Deutschattraktiv

adj well-formed, shapely

Deutschwohlgeformt

adj lively; brisk; sprightly; smart

Françaisanimé
Deutschflott, lebhaft, schwungvoll, munter, schnell
Italianovivace, faceto
Русскийбо́дрый bódryj

adj indecorously free, or presuming; saucy; bold; impertinent

中文无礼的 wúlǐ, 無禮 /无礼 wúlǐ
Françaisimpertinent
Deutschkeck, frech
Italianoimpertinente
Русскийде́рзкий dérzkij, на́глый náglyj, наха́льный naxálʹnyj

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@misc{pert_2026,
  title = {pert},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pert},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}