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单词 petted
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pettedadj.1

Brit. /ˈpɛtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈpɛdəd/, Scottish English /ˈpɛtᵻd/, Irish English /ˈpɛtəd/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pet n.3, -ed suffix2.
Etymology: < pet n.3 + -ed suffix2.
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.
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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.

Derivatives

pettedly adv. Obsolete pettishly.
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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.
pettedness n. Obsolete pettish behaviour.
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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

Brit. /ˈpɛtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈpɛdəd/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pet v.1, -ed suffix1.
Etymology: < pet v.1 + -ed suffix1.
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.
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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.
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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).
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