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Definition of petulance - 3 dictionary results
pet⋅u⋅lance
[pech-uh-luh
ns] 
–noun
| 1. | the state or quality of being petulant. |
| 2. | a petulant speech or action. |
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| pet·u·lant (pěch'ə-lənt) adj.
[Latin petulāns, petulant-, insolent, from petere, to assail; see pet- in Indo-European roots.] pet'u·lance, pet'u·lan·cy n., pet'u·lant·ly adv. |
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Petulance
Pet"u*lance\, Petulancy \Pet"u*lan*cy\, n. [L. petulania: cf. F. p['e]tulance. See Petulant.] The quality or state of being petulant; temporary peevishness; pettishness; capricious ill humor. "The petulancy of our words." --B. Jonson. Like pride in some, and like petulance in others. --Clarendon. The lowering eye, the petulance, the frown. --Cowper. Syn: Petulance, Peevishness. -- Peevishness implies the permanence of a sour, fretful temper; petulance implies temporary or capricious irritation.
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