pert

adjective6

1. •
   Lively; alert and cheerful; bright.

   • Goe Philostrate, / Stirre vp the Athenian youth to merriments, / Awake the peart and nimble spirit of mirth, / Turne melancholy foorth to funerals: […] — 1595
2. •
   Attractive.
3. •
   Well-formed; shapely.

   • pert breasts
4. •
   Especially of children or social inferiors: cheeky, impertinent.

   • Says Mrs. Jervis, Pamela, don’t be pert to his Honour? You should know your Distance; you see his Honour was only in Jest. — 1741
5. •
   (no longer used) Clever.
6. •
   (no longer used) Open; evident; unhidden.

   • Some parled as perte · as prouyd well after, / And clappid more ffor þe coyne · þat þe kyng oweth hem / Thanne ffor comfforte of þe comyne […] — 1873

noun1

1. •
   (no longer used) An impudent person.

verb1

1. •
   (no longer used) To behave with pertness; to misbehave.

noun1

1. •
   Acronym of program evaluation and review technique.