Pert (?), a. [An aphetic form of OE. & OF. apert open, known, true, free, or impudent. See Apert.]
1.
Open; evident; apert.
[Obs.]
Piers Plowman.
2.
Lively; brisk; sprightly; smart.
[Obs.]
Shak.
3.
Indecorously free, or presuming; saucy; bold; impertinent.
"A very
pert manner."
Addison.
The squirrel, flippant, pert, and full of play.
Cowper.
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Pert, v. i.
To behave with pertness.
[Obs.]
Gauden.
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