Meaning petulance
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petulance(n.) rudeness, irritability (The nanny resigned after she could no longer tolerate the child’s petulance.)
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petulancec. 1600, "insolence, immodesty," from French pétulance (early 16c.), from Latin petulantia "sauciness, impudence," noun of quality from petulantem (see petulant). Meaning "pee [..]
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petulancen. The character or condition of being impatient, capricious or petulant.
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petulance(n) an irritable petulant feeling
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petulance
The property of being petulant.
* Clarendon
*: Like pride in some, and like petulance in others.
* Cowper
*: The lowering eye, the petulance, the frown.
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