Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

peart

/pˈɝt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.19 in modern English

Syllables: peart
IPA: /pˈɝt/

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Lively; active.

British usage; American usage

name

Example Sentences

"1586, William Warner, Albion's England, Booke VI, Chapter XXXI, 1810, The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume IV, page 579, There was a tricksie girle, I wot, // Albeit clad in gray, / As peart as bird, as straite as boult, // As fresh as flower in May."
"I smiled; and she went on to say I looked a little more peart; maybe I would not be such a slow coach after all."
""[…]No young man could 'a' ben more peart and alive than that, Dotty.""
""Yore pa don't hold to card playin' but you needs to have quiet and rest. I'm pleased to see Annie's up to playin'. Baby looks a little more peart this mornin' too.""

Etymology

Related to peert.

Usage

British usage
American usage

Inflected Forms

pearter (comparative) peartest (superlative) Pearts (plural)

Derived Forms

peartly

Rhymes With

hurt shirt alert dirt insert skirt kurt dessert assert flirt bert burt

Questions

How do you pronounce peart?: The recorded pronunciation is /pˈɝt/.
What does peart mean?: Lively; active.
Where does peart come from?: Related to peert.

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