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pettish

adj

Etymology

From pet + -ish.

  1. derived from petta
  2. derived from peata — “pet, tamed animal, spoiled child”
  3. borrowed from pet — “an animal that has been tamed and is kept as a pet; a darling or favourite; a petted or spoiled child”
  4. suffixed as pettish — “pet + ish”

Definitions

  1. Bad-tempered

    Bad-tempered; peevish.

    • She drew a quick pettish breath of objection, writhing uneasily in her seat.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for pettish. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA