pettishadj.

Brit.

/ˈpɛtɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈpɛdɪʃ/

Forms: 1500s petish, 1500s petyshe, 1500s– pettish.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pet n.³, -ish suffix¹.

Etymology: Apparently < pet n.³ (although this is first attested later: see discussion at that entry) + -ish suffix¹.An alternative suggestion that the word arises from a shortened form (with suffix substitution) of impetuous adj. or its Latin etymon (compare quot. 1552) seems unlikely.

Of a person or his or her behaviour: subject to fits of offended ill humour; childishly bad-tempered and petulant; peevish, sulky. Formerly also: †impetuous (obsolete rare).

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the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > peevishness > [adjective]

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1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Petyshe, impetuosus.

1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Mii^v/2 Petish, effrænis..iracundus.

1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. Aa2^v What fumish brawles, & pettish tetishnes were betwixt Areitho king of Arna, & his pretie bulchion and louing fuds.

a1591 R. Greenham Wks. (1599) 12 I am pettish, I am vncomfortable and vnquiet with them, with whom I liue.

a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) iv. 272 He became pettish, wayward, frantick, bloudy.

1666 S. Pepys Diary 6 Aug. (1972) VII. 236 I checked her, which made her mighty pettish.

a1742 T. Story Jrnl. of Life (1747) 246 When I came to speak of the inward Appearance of Christ, he grew pettish, and said, ‘I was as good a Quaker as the best of them.’

1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho I. xiii. 357 Receiving the apology with the air of a pettish girl.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian vii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 191 Driven into pettish sulkiness by the persecution of the interrogators.

1873 J. R. Green Let. 4 Nov. (1901) 7 I was..too weak and pettish for the rougher horse-jokes of stronger boys.

a1945 E. R. Eddison Mezentian Gate (1958) iii. 34 I am not your nurse, to weary myself with parroting of No, no, no, when a pettish child screams for the nightshade-berry.

1993 Seattle Times 18 July b5/1 Our government, and by induction, the larger populace, have become pettish about affronts.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pettish
释义	pettishadj. Brit. /ˈpɛtɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈpɛdɪʃ/ Forms: 1500s petish, 1500s petyshe, 1500s– pettish. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pet n.³, -ish suffix¹. Etymology: Apparently < pet n.³ (although this is first attested later: see discussion at that entry) + -ish suffix¹.An alternative suggestion that the word arises from a shortened form (with suffix substitution) of impetuous adj. or its Latin etymon (compare quot. 1552) seems unlikely. Of a person or his or her behaviour: subject to fits of offended ill humour; childishly bad-tempered and petulant; peevish, sulky. Formerly also: †impetuous (obsolete rare). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > peevishness > [adjective] protervec1384 teethya1500 peevishc1530 protervous1547 pettish1552 tatter1579 fretting1587 teeny1594 frampold1599 treaf1601 fretful1603 teety1621 frappish1631 froppish1659 huffy1680 toothy1691 peenging1724 fractious1725 crossish1740 huffish1755 petulant1755 refractious1761 pouty1799 pensy1803 fudgy1819 twiney1824 rammista1838 fretty1844 petful1852 patchy1862 fretsome1870 grizzly1900 anfractuous1923 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Petyshe, impetuosus. 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Mii^v/2 Petish, effrænis..iracundus. 1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus (new ed.) sig. Aa2^v What fumish brawles, & pettish tetishnes were betwixt Areitho king of Arna, & his pretie bulchion and louing fuds. a1591 R. Greenham Wks. (1599) 12 I am pettish, I am vncomfortable and vnquiet with them, with whom I liue. a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) iv. 272 He became pettish, wayward, frantick, bloudy. 1666 S. Pepys Diary 6 Aug. (1972) VII. 236 I checked her, which made her mighty pettish. a1742 T. Story Jrnl. of Life (1747) 246 When I came to speak of the inward Appearance of Christ, he grew pettish, and said, ‘I was as good a Quaker as the best of them.’ 1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho I. xiii. 357 Receiving the apology with the air of a pettish girl. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian vii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 191 Driven into pettish sulkiness by the persecution of the interrogators. 1873 J. R. Green Let. 4 Nov. (1901) 7 I was..too weak and pettish for the rougher horse-jokes of stronger boys. a1945 E. R. Eddison Mezentian Gate (1958) iii. 34 I am not your nurse, to weary myself with parroting of No, no, no, when a pettish child screams for the nightshade-berry. 1993 Seattle Times 18 July b5/1 Our government, and by induction, the larger populace, have become pettish about affronts. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1552
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