protervity
noun
pro·ter·vi·ty
prəˈtərvətē
plural -es
1
: a petulant manner : peevishness
2
: insolent sauciness
Word History
Etymology
Latin protervitas, from protervus forward, bold, impudent, flighty (probably alteration of protervus, from pro- forward + -ptervus —akin to Greek petesthai to fly) + -itas -ity
- consciously
- consciousness
- consciousness-raising
- consciousnesses
- consciousser
- conscioussest
- conscribe
- conscribed
- conscribes
- conscribing
- conscript
- conscripted
- conscripting
- conscription
- conscriptionist
- conscriptions
- conscripts
- consecrate
- consecrate oneself
- consecrated
- consecrated life
- consecratedness
- consecrates
- consecrating
- consecration