pettishnessn.

Brit.

/ˈpɛtᵻʃnᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈpɛdɪʃnᵻs/

Forms: see pettish adj. and -ness suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pettish adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < pettish adj. + -ness suffix.

The quality of being pettish; peevishness, petulance; an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

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

crabbingc1450

protervitya1527

peevishness1561

pettishness1603

fretfulness1615

huffiness1678

froppishness1688

petulancy1712

fractiousness1727

crossness1740

petulance1785

bile1836

huffishness1841

biliousness1856

pettedness1860

strop1970

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 687 These accidents occasioned by drunkennesse, are very apparent, to wit, the trembling and shaking of their limbes..pettishnesse and aptnesse to choler.

1645 Bp. J. Hall Remedy Discontentm. xiv. 74 To see his bounty contemned out of a childish pettishnesse.

1722 I. Kimber et al. Hist. Eng. II. 511 She was seiz'd with a kind of Stupor or Heaviness, join'd with a Pettishness, very common to ancient Persons.

1775 D. Garrick Let. 2 Jan. (1963) 977 I am sorry for y^e Landlord's..unkindness: I beg that you will always despise any Sort of pettishness you meet from Justices of all kinds.

1782 F. Burney Cecilia II. iii. iii. 42 Cecilia [was] offended at her pettishness and folly.

1806 Edinb. Rev. 8 162 The..pettishness of disappointed selfishness.

1865 A. D. Whitney Gayworthys xxiii. 228 Her very little pettishnesses and vanities were like the spring breeze.

1931 E. Bliss Saraband iii. 120 Aunt Gainy..was cutting cake,..a suggestion of pettishness and nervous irritability round her mouth.

1994 Palm Beach (Florida) Post (Nexis) 2 Jan. 8 j This diary..is a full..account of the sundry humiliations of age: pettishness and frustration.

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

单词	pettishness
释义	pettishnessn. Brit. /ˈpɛtᵻʃnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈpɛdɪʃnᵻs/ Forms: see pettish adj. and -ness suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pettish adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < pettish adj. + -ness suffix. The quality of being pettish; peevishness, petulance; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > peevishness > [noun] crabbingc1450 protervitya1527 peevishness1561 pettishness1603 fretfulness1615 huffiness1678 froppishness1688 petulancy1712 fractiousness1727 crossness1740 petulance1785 bile1836 huffishness1841 biliousness1856 pettedness1860 strop1970 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 687 These accidents occasioned by drunkennesse, are very apparent, to wit, the trembling and shaking of their limbes..pettishnesse and aptnesse to choler. 1645 Bp. J. Hall Remedy Discontentm. xiv. 74 To see his bounty contemned out of a childish pettishnesse. 1722 I. Kimber et al. Hist. Eng. II. 511 She was seiz'd with a kind of Stupor or Heaviness, join'd with a Pettishness, very common to ancient Persons. 1775 D. Garrick Let. 2 Jan. (1963) 977 I am sorry for y^e Landlord's..unkindness: I beg that you will always despise any Sort of pettishness you meet from Justices of all kinds. 1782 F. Burney Cecilia II. iii. iii. 42 Cecilia [was] offended at her pettishness and folly. 1806 Edinb. Rev. 8 162 The..pettishness of disappointed selfishness. 1865 A. D. Whitney Gayworthys xxiii. 228 Her very little pettishnesses and vanities were like the spring breeze. 1931 E. Bliss Saraband iii. 120 Aunt Gainy..was cutting cake,..a suggestion of pettishness and nervous irritability round her mouth. 1994 Palm Beach (Florida) Post (Nexis) 2 Jan. 8 j This diary..is a full..account of the sundry humiliations of age: pettishness and frustration. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1603
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