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BNC: 23208 COCA: 22898

pert

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
pert /ˈpɚt/ adjective
pert
/ˈpɚt/
adjective
Learner's definition of PERT
[more pert; most pert]
: having or showing confidence and a lack of respect or seriousness especially in an amusing or appealing way冒失的;无礼的;轻佻的used especially to describe girls or young women尤用于女孩或年轻女子
: small and attractive小巧别致的

— pertly

adverb
BNC: 23208 COCA: 22898
1
a
: saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured
b
: being trim and chic : jaunty
a pert little hat
c
: piquantly stimulating
is a pert notion
2
pertly adverb
pertness noun

Example Sentences

a pert girl who is a member of the cheerleading squad a pert retort that irritated the teacher
Recent Examples on the Web This dichotomy—a pert good girl who longs to be bad, a cheeky bad girl trying her hardest to be good—echoed throughout Newton-John’s long career as an actress and singer. Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2022 The airport is three miles away, and the central shopping and dining district is contained within a pert five-block grid. Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2022 Don’t Look Up in a pale blue Gucci suit, standing alongside a beaming, pregnant Jennifer Lawrence, a clean-cut Leonardo Dicaprio, and a pert Meryl Streep. Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2021 Ohlsson’s left hand alone exposed any number of passages glossed over by most interpretations, and the orchestra under Blomstedt was a pert, colorful, and utterly cohesive body. Zachary Lewis, cleveland, 2 Aug. 2021 In this recipe, on the other hand, alliums are front and center, with leeks standing upright, pert and proud, and calling unapologetic attention to themselves. New York Times, 16 Apr. 2021 If The Odyssey had been the story of a glamour girl, Doris Lilly would be its pert heroine in a fur chubby endlessly stranded on a sleek banquette. Callahan Tormey, Town & Country, 28 Dec. 2020 On the ’gram, Lipa opted for a sleek white shirt with a tie and jeans, while FKA Twigs wore a pert lime green jacket with a fur trim. Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 21 Nov. 2020 Banana splits, with their tall scoops of ice cream and drizzles of sauce and pert cherries, made frequent appearances in my childhood. Daniela Galarza, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2019 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, evident, attractive, saucy, short for apert evident, from Anglo-French, from Latin apertus open, from past participle of aperire to open

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of pert was in the 14th century
BNC: 23208 COCA: 22898

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