Pert /(?)/

Pert

a.
  1. Open; evident; apert. [Obs.]
  2. Lively; brisk; sprightly; smart. [Obs.]
  3. Indecorously free, or presuming; saucy; bold; impertinent.
    The squirrel, flippant, pert, and full of play.

Pert

v. i.
  1. To behave with pertness. [Obs.]