Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Pert \Pert\, v. i.
To behave with pertness. [Obs.] --Gauden.
Pert \Pert\, a. [An aphetic form of OE. & OF. apert open, known,
true, free, or impudent. See {Apert}.]
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.
Source : WordNet®
pert
adj : characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality; "a
certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner" [syn: {impertinent},
{irreverent}, {saucy}]
Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing
PERT
{Program Evaluation and Review Technique}