pert Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality
    impertinent; saucy; irreverent.
    • a certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner

WordNet

Pert adjective
Etymology
An aphetic form of OE. & OF. apert open, known, true, free, or impudent. See Apert.
Definitions
  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.
Pert intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To behave with pertness. Obs. Gauden.

Webster 1913