单词 | petted |
释义 | pettedadj.1 Chiefly Scottish and Irish English (northern). Offended or sulky at feeling slighted or ill-used; piqued; pettish. Now chiefly in petted lip n. the protrusion of the lower lip in front of the upper, a pout. ΚΠ 1709 R. Wodrow Analecta (1842) I. 210 The affair of the planting of Inshanan with M.C. is like to be very vexatiouse... The D[uke] of M[ontrose] is mightily petted. 1766 H. Brooke Fool of Quality II. viii. 74 I was petted at their neglect of us, during our long illness. 1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion i. 31 Poverty brought on a petted mood And a sore temper. View more context for this quotation 1849 J. D. Hooker Let. 3 Feb. in C. Darwin Corr. (1988) IV. 203 I was petted with Ross..[because he] would not give my name. 1985 M. Munro Patter 54 Never mind the petted lip. You're not going and that's that. 1994 J. Kelman How Late it Was 151 A nice looking lassie right enough, if ye didnay see the petted lip. That kind of lower lip on a woman man it's dead fucking sexy, then ye discover what it means: a petted bastard. DerivativesΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > peevishness > [adverb] protervely1447 peevisha1529 pettishlya1625 peevishlya1638 frettinglya1649 crossly1736 fractiously1736 huffishly1755 fretfully1789 petulantly1838 pettedly1858 huffily1860 huffingly1864 teethily1879 1858 R. S. Surtees Ask Mamma lxiv. 287 Take off his nightcap! cried Jack, pulling pettedly at the strings of the hood. 1863 A. K. H. Boyd Leisure Hours in Town 116 Hastily, or pettedly, or despairingly, you took the wrong turning. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > peevishness > [noun] crabbingc1450 protervitya1527 peevishness1561 pettishness1603 fretfulness1615 huffiness1678 froppishness1688 petulancy1712 fractiousness1727 crossness1740 petulance1785 bile1836 huffishness1841 biliousness1856 pettedness1860 strop1970 1860 Fraser's Mag. Oct. 427/1 As for all such manifestations of the disposition to run into opposite extremes, let them be treated as manifestations of pettedness, perversity, and dishonesty. 1893 Whitby Gaz. 6 Oct. 3/5 Though I do not wish to show any pettedness I have now no alternative but to say that I have no proposition to make. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pettedadj.2 1. Treated as a pet or favourite; made a pet of, made much of; indulged, spoiled by indulgence.Frequently with sense merging into petted adj.1, esp. in early use. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > tenderness > foolish affection, excessive love or fondness > [adjective] > indulging or pampering > pampered or petted pomped1509 pampereda1529 cockereda1586 smoothed1600 dauted1636 fondled1680 petted1724 coaxed1829 1724 A. Ramsay Bonny Bessie in Tea-table Misc. iii Petted things can nought but teez ye. 1821 J. Galt Ann. Parish xii. 121 She began to cry and sob, like a petted bairn. 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. ii. 27 Eliza had been brought up by her mistress, from girlhood, as a petted and indulged favourite. 1877 W. C. Bryant Third of Nov. ii Tenderly the season..Spared the petted flowers that the old world gave the new. 1915 W. Cather Song of Lark iii. ii. 261 She was a poor music student, and Jessie Darcey was a popular and petted professional. a1978 S. T. Warner One Thing leading to Another (1985) 197 Being elfins and untrammelled by that petted plague of mortals, conscience, they never reproached or regretted, entered into explanations or lied. 2. Irish English (northern). to be petted on: to be very attached to, as a child is to his or her mother; (of a child) to be clinging to his or her mother. ΚΠ 1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down 77 Petted on, to be fond of a person, as a child is. 1896 M. Hamilton Across Ulster Bog 21 She was that petted on me. 1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 251/1 Petted on, of a child clinging to, very attached to (usually his or her mother). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.11709adj.21724 |
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