Meaning

1 senses

  1. (obsolete)To behave with pertness; to misbehave.

Examples

3 sentences

  1. She looked pert in her new dress.

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  2. Mary had a pert nose and deep blue eyes.

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  3. The model had a pert bottom and slender legs.

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Origin

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

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

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Forms

perts, perting, perted, perted
Base formpert · to pert
3rd person singularperts
Present participleperting
Past simpleperted
Past participleperted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypert
he, she, itperts

Past simpleLesson

all personsperted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave perted
he, she, ithas perted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill pert

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
persuadeB1persuasionB2persuasiveB1pertainpertinentC1perturb
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