(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:57:03

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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