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