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Webster 1913 Edition
Pertness
Pert′ness
,Noun.
The quality or state of being pert.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pertness
PERT'NESS
,Noun.
1.
Sauciness; forward promptness or boldness; implying less than effrontery or impudence. Pertness and ignorance may ask a question in three lines, which it will cost learning and ingenuity thirty pages to answer.
2.
Petty liveliness; sprightliness without force,dignity or solidity. There is in Shaftsbury's works a lively pertness and a parade of literature.