释义 |
ˈpettishness [f. as prec. + -ness.] The quality of being pettish; peevishness, petulance.
1645Bp. Hall Remedy Discontents xiv, To see his bounty contemned out of a childish pettishnesse. 1782F. Burney Cecilia iii. iii, Cecilia [was] offended at her pettishness and folly. 1806Edin. Rev. VIII. 162 The..pettishness of disappointed selfishness. 1865Mrs. Whitney Gayworthys xxiii. (1879) 228 Her very little pettishnesses and vanities were like the spring breeze. |