Associations to the word «Pertness»

Wiktionary

PERTNESS, noun. The quality of being pert; cheekiness, impudence.
PERTNESS, noun. The quality of being pert; firmness (usually of breasts).

Dictionary definition

PERTNESS, noun. Inappropriate playfulness.
PERTNESS, noun. Quality of being lively and confident; "there was a pertness about her that attracted him".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne