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pertness

UK/ˈpəːtnəs/

pertness noun: the quality of being pert; cheekiness, impudence.

Noun

pertness (countable and uncountable, plural pertnesses)

  1. The quality of being pert; cheekiness, impudence.
    • Dinwiddie, who did not love her, having indeed undergone a hundred pertnesses from the imperious little lady, […]1857–1859, W[illiam] M[akepeace] Thackeray, The Virginians. A Tale of the Last Century, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1858–1859, →OCLC
    • He was completely bald and had a heavy, Chinese-looking countenance which contained, deeply embedded, two eyes of penetration and pertness, always twinkling on the edge of laughter.1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 1021
  2. The quality of being pert; firmness (usually of breasts).

pertness meaning in Urdu

pertness in Urdu

چالاکی, شوخی, تیزی

Forms of pertness

pluralpertnesses

Origin of pertness

From pert + -ness.

Questions about pertness

What does pertness mean?
Pertness means the quality of being pert; cheekiness, impudence.
What is pertness in Urdu?
Pertness in Urdu is چالاکی, شوخی, تیزی. See Pertness meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is pertness?
Pertness is a noun.
How do you pronounce pertness?
Pertness is pronounced /ˈpəːtnəs/ (UK).
What is the plural of pertness?
The plural of pertness is pertnesses.

Words near pertness in the dictionary

  1. pertinents
  2. perting
  3. pertingent
  4. pertish
  5. pertly
  6. pertness
  7. pertnesses
  8. pertook
  9. pertransient
  10. pertrochanteric
  11. perts

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pertness (page history and authors); pertness (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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