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petulant Definition


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petulant
adj
    1. Ill-tempered; peevish.
      Thesaurus: peevish, irritable, querulous, irascible, snappish, impatient, cross, testy.
Derivative: petulance
noun
    Derivative: petulantly
    adverb
      Etymology: 16c: French, from Latin petulans, petulantis, from petere to seek.



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