peart Meaning, Definition & Usage

Peart adjective

Etymology

A variant of pert, a.

Definitions

1. Active; lively; brisk; smart; -- often applied to convalescents; as, she is quite peart to-day. O. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.

   There was a tricksy girl, I wot, albeit clad in gray, As peart as bird, as straight as bolt, as fresh as flowers in May. Warner (1592).