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Open; evident; apert.

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  1. a. Open; evident; apert.
  2. a. Lively; brisk; sprightly; smart.
  3. a. Indecorously free, or presuming; saucy; bold; impertinent.
  4. v. i. To behave with pertness.
  5. adj. characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality
  6. 1. Open; evident; apert. [Obs.] Piers Plowman. 2. Lively; brisk; sprightly; smart. [Obs.] Shak. 3. 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.
  7. To behave with pertness. [Obs.] Gauden.
  8. j:100 s characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality