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    peart
    /pɪət/

    adjective

    • 1. lively; cheerful: dialect US "the man was right peart in his walking"

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  2. www.dictionary.com › browse › peartPEART Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Peart definition: lively; brisk; cheerful.. See examples of PEART used in a sentence.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › peartPeart Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    : being in good spirits : lively. peartly adverb. Word History. Etymology. alteration of pert. First Known Use. circa 1520, in the meaning defined above. Time Traveler. The first known use of peart was circa 1520. See more words from the same year. Dictionary Entries Near peart. Pearsonian coefficient of correlation. pearten.

  4. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishPEART definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    noun. Word origin. C15: variant of pert. Word Frequency. peart in American English. (pirt ; pjərt ) adjective. Dialectal. lively, chipper, sprightly, smart, etc. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved. Derived forms. peartly (ˈpeartly) adverb. Word origin.

  5. www.thefreedictionary.com › peartPeart - definition of peart by The Free Dictionary

    Define peart. peart synonyms, peart pronunciation, peart translation, English dictionary definition of peart. adj dialect lively; spirited; brisk ˈpeartly adv ˈpeartness n Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins...

  6. en.wiktionary.org › wiki › peartpeart - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

    23 Apr 2023 · Adjective. [ edit] peart ( comparative pearter, superlative peartest) ( UK, US, dialect) Lively; active . Derived terms. [ edit] peartly. Anagrams. [ edit] Petra, apert, apter, parte, pater, petar, petra, prate, preta, reapt, repat, retap, taper, trape, treap. Categories: English lemmas. English adjectives. British English. American English.

  7. www.yourdictionary.com › peartPeart Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary

    Peart Definition. pērt, pyərt. Meanings. Definition Source. Origin. Adjective. Filter. adjective. Lively, chipper, sprightly, smart, etc.

  8. www.wordreference.com › definition › peartpeart - WordReference.com Dictionary of English

    peart (pērt, pyert), adj. [ Dial.] Slang Terms lively; brisk; cheerful. variant of pert 1590–1600. peart′ly, adv. peart′ness, n. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: peart /pɪət/ adj. dialect lively; spirited; brisk. Etymology: 15th Century: variant of pert. ˈpeartly adv.