Get Affordable VMs - excellent virtual server hosting


browse words by letter
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

petulancy

petulancy


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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.