Category:Peart

Peart, a. Etym: [a variant of pert, a.]

Defn: 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).