D defs.my
Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Pert

/pẽrt/ · IPA /pɝt/
01 a. Open; evident; apert.
  1. 1.
    Open; evident; apert.[Obs.]
  2. 2.
    Lively; brisk; sprightly; smart.[Obs.]
  3. 3.
    Indecorously free, or presuming; saucy; bold; impertinent.
    “The squirrel, flippant, pert, and full of play.” Cowper.
02 v. i. To behave with pertness.
  1. 1.
    To behave with pertness.[Obs.]