Open; evident; apert. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
Lively; brisk; sprightly; smart. [Obs.] Shak.
Indecorously free, or presuming; saucy; bold; impertinent. "A very pert manner." Addison. The squirrel, flippant, pert, and full of play. Cowper.
To behave with pertness. [Obs.] Gauden.
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