PERT


Meaning of PERT in English

pert /pɜːt $ pɜːrt/ BrE AmE adjective

[ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: apert 'open, speaking freely' , from Latin apertus ]

1 . a girl or woman who is pert is amusing, but slightly disrespectful:

Angie gave him one of her pert little glances.

2 . a pert part of the body is small, firm, and attractive:

a pert bottom

—pertly adverb

—pertness noun [uncountable]

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.