OVER-PERTEDADJECTIVE
made too pert, saucy, or self-conceited ...1614 obs. ETYMOLOGY pa. pple. from over- + pert FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1614 - see Example below EXAMPLE "...which is a thing of dangerous consequence: especially when an unable Spirit, being over-perted with so high authority, is too passionate in the execution of such an office." From: The History of the World By: Sir Walter Raleigh, 1614 SOURCES • A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray, 1887-1933 • The Century Dictionary and Encyclopedia, William Dwight Whitney, 1889-1891 • A Standard Dictionary of the English Language, Isaac K. Funk, 1908 • The Encyclopaedic Dictionary, Robert Hunter, 1879-1888
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