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pet·u·lance

   [pech-uh-luhns]
noun
1.
the state or quality of being petulant.
2.
a petulant speech or action.
Origin:
1600–10; < Latin petulantia impudence. See petulant, -ance
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  • She could feel her face, perhaps even her brain, take on the prune surface of petulance.
  • Activities to the contrary are either posturing or immature petulance.
  • Their behavior reinforces the stereotype of the church as a stodgy organization steeped in willful ignorance and petulance.
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petulant (ˈpɛtjʊlənt)
 
—adj
irritable, impatient, or sullen in a peevish or capricious way
 
[C16: via Old French from Latin petulāns bold, from petulāre (unattested) to attack playfully, from petere to assail]
 
'petulance
 
—n
 
'petulancy
 
—n
 
'petulantly
 
—adv

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