pettish

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pettish

adjective more pettish · most pettish

informal Bad-tempered; peevish. Indeed I would advise every single lady, if possible, to attend her inamorato, pretty frequently at the card table; and however genteel and agreeable his behaviour should be to herself, if he is hasty or pettish with any one else in company, she may depend on the same fate when once the knot is tied

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@misc{pettish_2026,
  title = {pettish},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pettish},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}