Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The fact or character of being pert.
- noun Sauciness; forward promptness or boldness.
- noun Synonyms Impertinence, Impudence, Effrontery, etc. See
impudence and impertinent.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or state of being pert.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The quality of being
pert ;cheekiness ,impudence .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun inappropriate playfulness
- noun quality of being lively and confident
Etymologies
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Examples
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They correct none of the childish nasty tricks, which they get at school; nor the illiberal manners which they contract at the university; nor the frivolous and superficial pertness, which is commonly all that they acquire by their travels.
Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman 2005
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They correct none of the childish nasty tricks, which they get at school; nor the illiberal manners which they contract at the university; nor the frivolous and superficial pertness, which is commonly all that they acquire by their travels.
Complete Project Gutenberg Earl of Chesterfield Works Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733
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They correct none of the childish nasty tricks, which they get at school; nor the illiberal manners which they contract at the university; nor the frivolous and superficial pertness, which is commonly all that they acquire by their travels.
Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman, 1750 Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733
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Pope gained but little in the warfare he waged with him, for this plain reason -- that the great poet accuses his adversary of dullness, which was not by any means one of his sins, instead of selecting one of the numerous faults, such as pertness, petulance, and presumption, of which he was really guilty.
The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield Edward Robins 1902
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It is unnecessary to add that the assembled guests, in their disgust at my "pertness," dropped the argument on slavery.
The end of an era, 1899
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Even lesbians and bisexual women, who may quite rightly be assumed to be fonder of women's bodies than the average straight gal, do not get their Rice Krispies while thinking of the pertness of their own breasts.
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This crazy group, consisting of leaping bull supported by leaping dolphins, the seated nude, and a confidential putto, somehow manages to convey the conflicting impressions of high speed and pertness.
The Flight of Europa 2009
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This crazy group, consisting of leaping bull supported by leaping dolphins, the seated nude, and a confidential putto, somehow manages to convey the conflicting impressions of high speed and pertness.
Archive 2009-04-01 2009
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Directed with anodyne pertness by Raben, it's the story of Robbie Hart Ciaran McCarthy who, until he becomes a rock star, fronts a band that plays at weddings in Ridgefield, New Jersey.
James Scarborough: The Wedding Singer, Musical Theatre West James Scarborough 2011
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Directed with anodyne pertness by Raben, it's the story of Robbie Hart Ciaran McCarthy who, until he becomes a rock star, fronts a band that plays at weddings in Ridgefield, New Jersey.
James Scarborough: The Wedding Singer, Musical Theatre West James Scarborough 2011
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