pertinent ness

[Eng. pertinent: -ne .] The quality or state of being pertinent; pertinency; appositene . *per-ting -ent, a . [Lat. pert in gens , pr. par. of pertingo to touch, to reach to: per =completely, and tango to touch.] Reaching to, or touching completely. pěrt-lý, *perte-liche, adv . [Eng. pert , a; -ly .] *1. Openly. (Morte Arthure , fo. 84.) *2. Briskly, smartly. 3. Saucily, forwardly. "Yonder walls, that pertly front your town." Shakesp.: Troilus and Cre ida, iv. 5.