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pet⋅tish
[pet-ish] 
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–adjective
| petulantly peevish: a pettish refusal. |
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| pet·tish (pět'ĭsh) adj. Ill-tempered; peevish. [Probably from pet2.] pet'tish·ly adv., pet'tish·ness n. |
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Pettish
Pet"tish\, a. [From Pet.] Fretful; peevish; moody; capricious; inclined to ill temper. "A pettish kind of humor." --Sterne. -- Pet"tish*ly, adv. -- Pet"tish*ness, n.
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