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pettish
pettish, a. (ˈpɛtɪʃ) [f. pet n.2 + -ish1. But the earliest quots. precede our first example of the n., and are not clearly connected with it in sense.] Subject to ‘pets’ or fits of offended ill humour; in a pet; proceeding from, pertaining to, or of the nature of, a pet; impatiently angry; peevish, ... Oxford English Dictionary
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pettish
pettish/ˈpetɪʃ; `pɛtɪʃ/ adj(a) (of a person) childishly bad-tempered or impatient, esp about unimportant things （指人）爱发小孩脾气的, 任性的, 不耐烦的（尤指为小事）.(b) (of a remark or act) said or done in a bad-tempered, petulant way （指言行）发脾气时说的或做的. 牛津英汉双解词典
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The Virtuoso (play)
adventurous, unfortunate coxcomb; one that by the help of humorous, nonsensical bywords takes himself to be a wit"), and Sir Nicholas's uncle Snarl ("an old, pettish wikipedia.org
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pettishly
ˈpettishly, adv. [f. pettish + -ly2.] In a pettish manner; peevishly, petulantly.a 1619 Fletcher Mad Lover iii. ii, Poorly, and pettishly, ridiculously To fling away your fortune? 1762 Sterne Tr. Shandy V. xxxiii, He kept his fore-finger in the chapter:—not pettishly,—for he shut the book slowly. 18... Oxford English Dictionary
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petulantly
ˈpetulantly, adv. [f. prec. + -ly2.] In a petulant manner; insolently, wantonly; pertly; with peevish or pettish impatience.1610 Healey St. Aug. Citie of God i. i. (1620) 2 Those..most petulantly insulting ouer Christs seruants. 1717 Parnell Homer's Batrachom. ii. Poems (1722) 88 My flow'ry Wreaths ... Oxford English Dictionary
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petful
ˈpetful, a. rare. [f. pet n.2 + -ful.] Pettish.1861 Sala Dutch Pict. xx. 315 Sitting, with petful impatience, in the parlour. Oxford English Dictionary
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petulance
petulance (ˈpɛtjʊləns) [a. F. pétulance (1529 in Hatz.-Darm.), ad. L. petulāntia: see next and -ance. (In sense 2, influenced by petted, pettish, etc.)] The fact or quality of being petulant. 1. Wanton, pert, or insolent behaviour or speech; self-assertiveness; wantonness, immodesty; sauciness, inso... Oxford English Dictionary
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pettishness
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 T... Oxford English Dictionary
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petulant
petulant, a. (n.) (ˈpɛtjʊlənt) Also 7–8 erron. petulent. [a. F. pétulant (1350 in Hatz.-Darm.), ad. L. petulānt-em, pr. pple. of *petulāre, dim. of petĕre to aim at, seek, quasi ‘to aim at or assail in jest’. In sense 3, which is not found in L. or Fr., app. influenced by petted, pettish.] 1. Forwar... Oxford English Dictionary
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tiffish
ˈtiffish, a. colloq. rare—0. [f. tiff n.3 + -ish1.] Given to tiffs, ready to take offence; pettish, peevish.1855 in Clarke. 1864 in Webster. Oxford English Dictionary
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tiffy
▪ I. tiffy, n. Naut. slang. (ˈtɪfɪ) [Contraction of artificer.] An engine-room artificer.1899 F. T. Bullen Way Navy 34 My life-long admiration for the blue-jacket proper will be shared by his brothers in arms, the stoker and engine-room artificer (‘tiffy’ as we call him). 1904 Kipling Traffics & Dis... Oxford English Dictionary
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pyrre
† pyrre obs. form of pirr n.1, a fit of temper or pettish humour.1581 Mulcaster Positions xliii. 280 One displeased parent will do more harme vpon a head, if he take a pyrre at some toy, neuer conferring with any, but with his owne cholere, then a thousand of the thankfullest will euer do good. Oxford English Dictionary
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treaf
† treaf, a. Obs. dial. Also 7 trefe. [Etymology unknown.] Peevish, bad-tempered.1601 Dent Pathw. Heaven 389 Though her yoong suckling crie all night, and be exceeding treafe and waiward. 1627 J. Carter Plain Expos. 16 They are pronounced blessed, not who are treafe, and teachie, irefull and snappish... Oxford English Dictionary
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crupe
▪ I. crup, a. dial. [? var. of crump: cf. crup-shoulder.] ‘Short, brittle, as a crup cake; and fig., short or snappish, as a crup answer. Still used in Kent’ (Todd).1736 Pegge Kenticisms, Crup, pettish, peevish. 1847–78 Halliwell, Crup, crisp, short; surly. South. 1887 Parish & Shaw Kentish Gloss., ... Oxford English Dictionary
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toysome
† toysome, a. Obs. rare. (ˈtɔɪsəm) [f. toy n. + -some.] Full of ‘toys’, or having the character of a ‘toy’; fantastic, whimsical; inclined to toy, sportive, playful; amorously sportive.1638 Ford Fancies ii. i, I have an excellent humour to be pettish, A little toysome. 1659 Hoole Comenius' Vis. Worl... Oxford English Dictionary
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