pert

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /pɜːt/    美 /pɝt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An impudent person. obsolete
动词 v.
  1. To behave with pertness; to misbehave. intransitive,obsolete
形容词 adj.
  1. Attractive.
  2. Well-formed; shapely.
    — pert breasts
  3. Lively; alert and cheerful; bright.
    — Goe Philoſtrate, / Stirre vp the Athenian youth to merriments, / Awake the peart and nimble ſpirit of mirth, / Turne melancholy foorth to funerals: […]
  4. Especially of children or social inferiors: cheeky, impertinent. archaic
    — Says Mrs. Jervis, Pamela, don’t be pert to his Honour? You ſhould know your Diſtance; you ſee his Honour was only in Jeſt.
  5. Open; evident; unhidden. obsolete
    — Some parled as perte · as prouyd well after, / And clappid more ffor þe coyne · þat þe kyng oweth hem / Thanne ffor comfforte of þe comyne […]
    Some talked as openly, as proud well after, / And clapped more for the coin that the king owes them / Than for comfort of the common […]
  6. Clever. obsolete

词形变化

perter comparative pertest superlative perts present,singular,third-person perting participle,present perted participle,past perted past perts plural

词汇关系

衍生词
overpert pert as a pearmonger pertish pertly pertness sea-pert

词源

词源 1
From Middle English pert, perte, aphetic form of apert.
词源 2
From Middle English pert, perte, aphetic form of apert.
词源 3
From Middle English pert, perte, aphetic form of apert.
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