peart
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of peart
First recorded in 1590–1600; variant of pert
Example Sentences
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"There was a feller up at Number Two the other day as hadn't any face left to speak of; yet he was alive, and quite peart."
From Anne by Constance Fenimore Woolson
When she got real peart I brought her down to the shop one day, and I shows her an old paint keg thet I kep' rusty bolts in, and half full ov water.
From The Other Fellow by Francis Hopkinson Smith
Sinner ez I am, I kin pray in the valley—way down yander in Tuckaleechee Cove—ez peart ez on enny bald in the Big Smoky.
From The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains by Mary Noailles Murfree
I went ter my son's in Possum Holler fer a spell, an' I ain't been right peart sence.
From Bee and Butterfly A Tale of Two Cousins by Lucy Foster Madison
"But I reckon I never seen ye look so peart afore, Olly; who's been here?" he added, with a sudden alarm.
From Gabriel Conroy by Bert Harte
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