different between defiant vs pert

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French défiant, from the verb défier. Doublet of diffident.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??fa?(j)?nt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /d??fa??nt/
• Rhymes: -a??nt

Adjective

defiant (comparative more defiant, superlative most defiant)

1. Defying.
2. Boldly resisting opposition.
   • 2013 June 18, Simon Romero, "Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders," New York Times (retrieved 21 June 2013):

     But the demonstrators remained defiant, pouring into the streets by the thousands and venting their anger over political corruption, the high cost of living and huge public spending for the World Cup and the Olympics.

Synonyms

• dareful
• rebellious

Antonyms

• docile, obedient, submissive
• dominant

Translations

Noun

defiant (plural defiants)

1. One who defies opposition.
   • 1966, British Broadcasting Corporation. Monitoring Service, Summary of World Broadcasts: Non-Arab Africa (issues 2262-2303)

     Countries condemning South Africa, Portugal and Rhodesia still find it necessary to trade with these defiants against so-called world opinion.

   • John Michael Doris, Lack of Character: Personality and Moral Behavior (page 48)

     Damn the obedients and hail the defiants if you will; the experiment does not motivate confidence about how particular subjects would behave in markedly dissimilar situations.

Further reading

• defiant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• defiant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• fainted

Latin

Verb

d?f?ant

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of d?f??

English

Etymology

Aphetic form of apert.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /p?t/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p??t/
• Rhymes: -??(?)t

Adjective

pert (comparative perter, superlative pertest)

1. (of a person) Attractive.
2. (of a part of the body) Well-formed, shapely. [from 14th c.]

3. Lively; alert and cheerful; bright. [from 16th c.]
   • 1594, William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 1, Scene 1:

     "Go Philostrate, Stirre vp the Athenian youth to merriments, Awake the pert and nimble spirit of mirth"

   • 2001, Donald Spoto, Marilyn Monroe: The Biography, chapter 1, 11:

     He was instantly attracted to Gladys's pert, fey humor and her good nature.

4. (now rare, especially of children or social inferiors) Cheeky, impertinent. [from 15th c.]
   • 2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate 2010, p. 333:

     "You'll not be so pert when the Cornish seize you. They spit children like you and roast them on bonfires."

5. (obsolete) Open; evident; unhidden; apert. [14th-17th c.]

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Piers Plowman to this entry?)

6. (obsolete) Clever.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:cheeky

Derived terms

• pertly
• pertness

Translations

Verb

pert (third-person singular simple present perts, present participle perting, simple past and past participle perted)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To behave with pertness.

Noun

pert (plural perts)

1. (obsolete) An impudent person.

Anagrams

• 'terp, -pter, pret., terp

Hungarian

Etymology

per +? -t

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?p?rt]
• Hyphenation: pert

Noun

pert

1. accusative singular of per

Ladin

Alternative forms

• part

Etymology

From Latin pars, partem.

Noun

pert f (plural pertes)

1. part

Related terms

• partir

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *peret, from Late Latin paraver?dus.

Noun

pert n

1. horse

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

• p?ert
• p?ert

Descendants

• Dutch: paard, perd
  • Afrikaans: perd
    • ? Phuthi: ipere
    • ? Sotho: pere
  • ? English: prad
• Limburgish: paerd
• West Flemish: peird

Further reading

• “pert”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “pert”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?rt/

Adjective

pert (feminine singular pert, plural perton, equative perted, comparative pertach, superlative pertaf)

1. pretty, attractive
2. quaint

Mutation