ˈpettishness
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality of being pettish; peevishness, petulance.
| 1645 Bp. Hall Remedy Discontents xiv, To see his bounty contemned out of a childish pettishnesse. 1782 F. Burney Cecilia iii. iii, Cecilia [was] offended at her pettishness and folly. 1806 Edin. Rev. VIII. 162 The..pettishness of disappointed selfishness. 1865 Mrs. Whitney Gayworthys xxiii. (1879) 228 Her very little pettishnesses and vanities were like the spring breeze. |