adj
gert
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adj
1
(regional British dialect, especially West Country) Big or great in size.
"That's a gert big tractor he's got."
adv
1
(regional British dialect) Very.
"It's gert cold out there today."
How to Use Gert
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA West Country dialect word meaning "great" or "very," as in "gert big."
When to use it
Strongly regional (South West England); would sound out of place outside that dialect context.
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Etymology
A dialect variant of "great," altered through sound-shifting in Middle English speech.