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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. inappropriate playfulness;
[syn: impertinence, perkiness, pertness, sauciness, archness]

2. quality of being lively and confident;
- Example: "there was a pertness about her that attracted him"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pertness \Pert"ness\, n.
   The quality or state of being pert.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pertness
    n 1: inappropriate playfulness [syn: impertinence,
         perkiness, pertness, sauciness, archness]
    2: quality of being lively and confident; "there was a pertness
       about her that attracted him"