PERT, adjective 1. Lively; brisk; smart. Awake the pert and nimble spirit of mirth. On the lawny sands and shelves, Trip the pert fairies, and the dapper elves. 2. Forward; saucy; bold; indecorously free. A lady bids me in a very pert manner mind my own affairs--
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