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petn.1

Forms: 1500s pet; Scottish pre-1700 pett.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French pet.
Etymology: < Middle French pet (c1179 in Old French; French pet) < classical Latin pēditum, use as noun of neuter of pēditus, past participle of pēdere to break wind ( < the same Indo-European base as Lithuanian bezdū, ancient Greek βδεῖν, apparently ultimately an imitative formation representing the sound of breaking wind). Compare post-classical Latin pettum (c1227, 1331 in British sources), Old Occitan, Occitan pet, Catalan pet (14th cent.), Spanish pedo (c1400), Italian peto (13th cent.).It is uncertain whether quot. a1625 shows the same word.
Obsolete. rare.
An act of breaking wind; a fart.Cf. quot. ?a1513 for carline's pet n. at carline n.1 Compounds, which is sometimes interpreted as earlier evidence for this word.
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the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > excretions > fart or belch > [noun]
fise14..
fartc1405
fist1440
rapa1475
ventosity1513
pet?1521
escape1599
fowkin?a1600
bum crack1604
squib1611
poot1899
poop1937
trouser cough1978
trouser burp2003
?1521 A. Barclay Bk. Codrus & Mynalcas sig. Ciij Though all their connynge scantly be worthe a pet.
a1625 (a1598) A. Montgomerie Flyting with Polwart (Harl.) in Poems (1910) 151 This proverb, foull pett [Tullibardine peild pellet], to the is applyit.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

petn.2adj.

Brit. /pɛt/, U.S. /pɛt/
Forms: 1500s pette, 1600s– pet, 1700s pett; Scottish pre-1700 1700s pett, pre-1700 1700s– pet.
Origin: A borrowing from Scottish Gaelic. Etymon: Scottish Gaelic peata.
Etymology: < Scottish Gaelic peata tame animal, now also ‘spoilt child’ (Early Irish petta , Irish peata tame animal, occasionally referring to spoilt humans), probably ultimately < an extended form (-t- extension) of the Indo-European base of classical Latin suēscere to become used to (see mansuete adj.).The Scottish Gaelic and Irish noun is also used preceding a noun in the genitive to specify the kind of pet, e.g. Early Irish petta eoin a pet bird, literally ‘a pet of a bird’. This may underlie the uses as adjective in English. Probably not related to peat n.2, although see discussion at that entry.
A. n.2
1.
a. Chiefly Scottish, English regional (northern) and Irish English (northern). A lamb or (later occasionally) other domestic animal reared by hand; = cade n.2 2a. Now rare.
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the world > animals > domestic animal > [noun] > pet
pet1539
peat1566
companion1608
sock1840
dumb friend1870
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > subfamily Caprinae (goat) > [noun] > kid > hand-reared
pet1539
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > lamb > pet lamb
cadec1450
pet1539
house lamb1574
cosset1579
sock-lamb1838
hob-lamb1847
poddy1983
1539 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1907) VII. 274 Item, deliverit to Thomas Melvillis wiffe, in Falkland for keeping of certane pettis and nurising of the samyn.
1691 J. Ray N. Country Words in Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 55 A Pet, and a Pet-Lamb, a Cade Lamb.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) Pet, A lamb taken into the house, and brought up by hand. A cade lamb.
1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Pet, a domesticated lamb.
1830 M. Donovan Domest. Econ. II. iii. 119 The animal is cleanly in its habits, and is reared in the houses rather as a pet.
1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale 62/2 Pet, a cade or house lamb.
1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 251/1 Pet, a lamb or piglet reared by hand.
b. An animal (typically one which is domestic or tame) kept for pleasure or companionship.
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1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 266. ⁋2 The other has transferred the amorous Passions of her first Years to the Love of Cronies, Petts and Favourites [a dog, monkey, squirrel, parrot].
1788 B. Sheridan Let. 22 Oct. (1960) v. 127 He is..playing with a Dormouse he made me a present of... Tho' not desirous of keeping any more Pets I could not refuse him.
1848 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 63 183/2 The little pets admitted to the table were the small Melitan dogs.
1884 ‘M. Twain’ Adventures Huckleberry Finn xxxviii. 390 A prisoner's got to have some kind of a dumb pet, and if a rattlesnake hain't ever been tried, why, there's more glory to be gained in your being the first to ever try it.
1913 J. Muir Story of my Boyhood v. 186 I suppose that almost any wild animal may be made a pet, simply by sympathizing with it and entering as much as possible into its life.
a1948 D. Welch Last Sheaf (1951) 199 What I find so strange is the way forbidding-looking hearties..melt and maunder over their flea-ridden pets.
1988 S. Afr. Panorama Apr. 48/2 Psychologists have found pets to be a link with life and a bridge in human relationships.
2001 Washington Post 5 Oct. (Home ed.) c3/2 Our favorite question was whether there's a gas mask made for pets.
c. Scottish. An artificially reared plant. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > plants > wild and cultivated plants > [noun] > cultivated or planted
planteOE
pet1842
cultivar1923
1842 Gardeners' Chron. 12 Nov. 755/2 The pet having been brought to this, its first state of existence, must be put in the window.
2. Originally Scottish. (Cf. carline's pet n. at carline n.1 Compounds, the examples of which are sometimes interpreted as earlier evidence for either sense A. 2a or sense A. 2b.)
a. A person who is indulged, spoiled, or treated as a favourite, esp. in a way that others regard with disapproval. Also (occasionally) used of a thing personified.
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the mind > emotion > love > loved one > [noun] > state or condition of being a favourite > favourite or pet
darlingc888
favoura1387
dandilly?a1513
tidling1520
marmoset1523
white son1539
minion1566
favourite1582
white boyc1600
feddle1611
dautie1676
inclination1691
mother's pet1819
fair-haired boy1822
pet1825
white-haired boy1829
petsywetsy1847
blue-eyed boy1919
fave1938
1720 A. Ramsay Poems I. 154 How without thought these dawted Petts of Fate..By pure instinct sae leal the Mark have hit.
1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Pet,..a fond designation for a female favourite.
1826 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey II. iv. i. 149 Patronize him! he's my political pet!
1872 W. Black Strange Adventures Phaeton xxx No place was so much the pet of fortune as the Blue Bell Inn.
1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet I. x. 211 I was once the pet and plaything of ladies, a sort of lapdog.
1902 R. Hichens Londoners 11 You are the pet of society.
1990 N.Y. Mag. 11 June 40/1 I don't kiss butt, curry favor, or try to be someone's pet. I do what's right for the kids.
b. An indulged, spoiled, or favourite, child.
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the mind > emotion > love > tenderness > foolish affection, excessive love or fondness > [noun] > one who is petted or a pet > spoilt child
wanton1526
nestle-cock1582
mammothrept1601
pet1721
loll1728
1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 153 He has fault of a Wife, that marries Mam's Pet.
1788 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 345 Pet, a child spoilt by improper indulgence.
1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 380 A pet is always a dangerous creature; thus a child, petted by its parents, plays the devil some day in the world; a sheep petted, is apt to turn a duncher [= butter, one which butts].
1894 A. Conan Doyle Mem. Sherlock Holmes 52 Dark or fair, she is my own dear little girlie, and her mother's pet.
1950 R. Macaulay World my Wilderness iv. 39 She had been the pet of both parents, a harlequin, a vagrant imp.
1989 Best of Buster Monthly Nov. 55 Mumsie doesn't want her little pet hiding his lovely face behind one of those nasty things!
2001 A. O'Hare Green Eyes xi. 151 Your Da was always her pet, climbing in behind her with his comic.
c. A sweet, obedient, or obliging person. Frequently used as a term of endearment, or as a familiar form of address.
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the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun]
darlingc888
belamy?c1225
culver?c1225
dearc1230
sweetheartc1290
heartc1300
sweetc1330
honeya1375
dovec1386
jewelc1400
birdc1405
cinnamonc1405
honeycombc1405
lovec1405
wantonc1450
mulling?a1475
daisyc1485
crowdy-mowdy?a1513
honeysop?a1513
powsowdie?a1513
suckler?a1513
foolc1525
buttinga1529
whitinga1529
beautiful1534
turtle-dove1535
soula1538
heartikin1540
bully?1548
turtle1548
lamba1556
nyletc1557
sweet-lovea1560
coz1563
ding-ding1564
pugs1566
golpol1568
sparling1570
lover1573
pug1580
bulkin1582
mopsy1582
chuck1589
bonny1594
chick1594
sweetikin1596
ladybird1597
angel1598
muss1598
pinkany1599
sweetkin1599
duck1600
joy1600
sparrowc1600
sucket1605
nutting1606
chuckaby1607
tickling1607
bagpudding1608
heartling1608
chucking1609
dainty1611
flittermouse1612
honeysuckle1613
fubs1614
bawcocka1616
pretty1616
old thinga1625
bun1627
duckling1630
bulchin1633
bulch?c1640
sweetling1648
friscoa1652
ding-dongs1662
buntinga1668
cocky1680
dearie1681
chucky1683
lovey1684
machree1689
nykin1693
pinkaninny1696
nug1699
hinny1724
puss1753
pet1767
dovey1769
sweetie1778
lovey-dovey1781
lovely1791
ducky1819
toy1822
acushla1825
alanna1825
treat1825
amigo1830
honey child1832
macushla1834
cabbage1840
honey-bunch1874
angel pie1878
m'dear1887
bach1889
honey baby1895
prawn1895
hon1896
so-and-so1897
cariad1899
pumpkin1900
honey-bun1902
pussums1912
snookums1919
treasure1920
wogger1922
amico1929
sugar1930
baby cake1949
angel cake1951
lamb-chop1962
petal1974
bae2006
1767 ‘A. Barton’ Disappointment i. iii. 21 Rac.: Dat Mrs. Placket can testify... Placket, pet, pet. Pla.: Pet's a coming, pet's a coming, dear Cooney... Here's pet.
1849 J. Ruskin Let. 24 Apr. in M. Lutyens Ruskins & Grays (1972) xxi. 185 Do you know, pet, it seems almost a dream to me that we have been married.
1922 P. G. Wodehouse Girl on Boat iv. 82 Do be a pet and go and talk to Jane Hubbard. I'm sure she must be feeling lonely.
1976 T. Heald Let Sleeping Dogs Die ix. 184 Be a pet and fetch me a Tom Collins.
1991 Viz Dec. 26/1 Aye Pet, sur anyways, I've got this mega cushty job y'knaa.
2002 M. McGrath Silvertown (2003) xi. 111 Yer father would have said, don't trust 'em, pet, we'll go without.
d. Scottish, Irish English (northern), and Newfoundland. = pet day n. at Compounds 2.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > fine weather > [noun] > day of > too fine to last
pet day1823
pet1825
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) It is commonly said, ‘I fear this day will be a pet’.
1937 in Sc. National Dict. (1968) 97/2 [Argyllshire] Pet... A day of sunshine in the middle of a spell of bad weather.
1953 M. Traynor Eng. Dial. Donegal 210/2 Pet,..a very fine day in the midst of bad weather.
1956 L. Rose Poems & Prose 2 We say it was the worse one yet The odd fine day we call a ‘pet’.
e. Boxing. A favourite boxer. Chiefly in the Pet of the Fancy. Obsolete.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > boxer
buffeter1483
pugil1646
cuffer1662
boxer1672
pugilistc1740
setter-to1810
miller1812
sparrer1814
pet1825
pugilistic1827
slogger1829
fist-mate1834
peeler1852
pug1858
scrapper1874
slugger1877
slogster1881
basher1882
fisticuffer1888
ring man1899
ringster1902
pucker1919
1825 Edinb. Advertiser 26 July 467/3 There was a second fight, between the Pet of the Fancy (Dick Curtis) and Peter Warren.
1841 C. Dickens Let. 9 Feb. (1969) II. 208 ‘The Pet of the Fancy’, or ‘the Slashing Sailor Boy’, or ‘Young Sawdust’.
1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxxiv. 303 James Crawley had met the Tutbury Pet, who was coming to Brighton to make a match with the Rottingdean Fibber; and enchanted by the Pet's conversation, had passed the evening in company with that..man.
1863 ‘Ouida’ Held in Bondage I. vi. 133 Du Loo and his pet of the Fancy retired to the far end of the room, and there set-to, delivering from the left shoulder.
B. adj. (attributive).
1. Originally: (chiefly English regional (northern) and Irish English (northern)) designating a lamb or (occasionally) other animal reared by hand. Now usually: (of an animal) kept as a pet.
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the world > animals > domestic animal > [adjective] > pet
pet1584
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [adjective] > of or like a lamb > unsuckled or hand-reared
pet1584
udderless1818
1584 in W. Greenwell Wills & Inventories Registry Durham (1860) II. 99 One pette sheipe 4s.
1691 J. Ray N. Country Words in Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 55 A Pet, and a Pet-Lamb, a Cade Lamb.
1800 W. Wordsworth in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads II. 139 (title) The pet-lamb.
1851 D. Jerrold St. Giles & St. James (new ed.) xi, in Writings I. 105 [He] may keep his pet-lamb safe from London wolves.
1890 D. G. Mitchell Lands, Lett., & Kings iii. 124 [Herrick] kept a pet goose at the vicarage, also a pet pig.
1915 W. Cather Song of Lark i. vii. 48 Down in the hot country..people keep a pet snake in the house to kill rats and mice.
1976 Beano 7 Feb. 14/3 I need the services of Joe, my pet crow!
1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 251/1 Pet lamb, a lamb..reared by hand.
2003 Guardian 15 Feb. (Guide Suppl.) 98/2 Vulgarians like the associate who feeds the severed limbs of recently assassinated DEA agents to his pet tiger.
2.
a. Specially cherished; for which one has a particular fondness or weakness; favourite; (also) particular.
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the mind > emotion > love > loved one > [adjective] > favourite
fancied1589
favourite1711
minion1715
pet1819
fair-haired1822
fave1938
the mind > emotion > love > quality of being lovable > [adjective] > specifically of a person
fondling1582
endearing1667
pet1870
teddy-bearish1973
ditzy1979
1819 S. T. Coleridge Let. 8 Oct. (1959) IV. 956 I cherish..a pet system, a bye blow of my own Philosophizing; but it is so unlike to all the opinions..tolerated in the present day.
1870 C. Dickens Edwin Drood iii. 14 The pet pupil of the Nuns' House is Miss Rosa Bud.
1877 ‘Mrs. Forrester’ Mignon I. 242 This pet weakness of her sex is not to be scored against Olga.
1993 C. J. Beck Nothing Special (1994) viii. 252 Each of us has his or her own pet story; for example, we may believe, ‘My circumstances are particularly bad. My childhood was worse than most.’
b. Humorously or ironically in expressions of dislike, as pet aversion, pet hate.
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the mind > emotion > hatred > dislike > [noun] > pet hate
pet aversion1880
pet hate1939
1880 ‘M. Twain’ Tramp Abroad xxvi. 262 For years my pet aversion had been the cuckoo clock.
1919 C. H. Darling Jargon Bk. 25 Pet peeve, the thing that provokes you the most.
1922 A. Jekyll Kitchen Ess. 19 The housekeeper..should..try to recall both the pet aversions and the preferences of those for whom she is catering.
1939 Sun (Baltimore) 21 Apr. 28/2 Hill-passers, he said, were one of his ‘pet hates’.
1977 National Observer (U.S.) 22 Jan. 12/2 Another pet hate is the ‘News Flash’ that breaks into a program with total disregard for its distracting impact on the show.
1999 J. Cassidy Street Life 114 He was the epitome of all her pet hates: a Brummy, a traveller, unemployed, and a little on the niffy side.

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C1.
pet vendor n.
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1924 Glasgow Herald 21 Nov. 10/7 A London pet-vendor has had about 2,500 snakes through his hands within the last few months.
2003 Houston Chron. (Nexis) 16 Jan. (Thisweek section) 5 In addition to the shelters and rescue organizations, Pet Fest will introduce visitors to pet vendors and service providers.
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pet cemetery n. (also pets' cemetery) a burial ground for domestic pets.
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the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > burial ground or cemetery > [noun] > for domestic pets
pet cemetery1908
1908 T. Hardy Let. 23 Dec. in One Rare Fair Woman (1972) 138 Our very old cat ‘Comfy’ died two days ago... He is buried in our pets' cemetery.
1967 A. Lewin Unaltered Cat ii. viii. 180 He telephoned the pet-cemetery... Mr Carpenter agreed to pick up the cat-corpse.
2000 N.Y. Times Mag. 9 Apr. 80/2 We have gardens, thanks to my wife, and thanks to the inevitable, we have a pet cemetery.
pet day n. regional (originally Scottish) a fine day in the middle of a period of bad weather.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > fine weather > [noun] > day of > too fine to last
pet day1823
pet1825
1823 J. Galt Ringan Gilhaize III. viii. 63 The lown of that time was as a pet day in winter.
1937 ‘F. O'Connor’ Uprooted 115 A pet day with a moist, gentle little bit of breezheen.
1991 Washington Post 20 Mar. e5/1 In years past, winter pet days have lured the trees from dormancy and brought on early blooms, which then succumbed to killer frosts in late Spring.
pet food n. food for domestic pets.
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the world > food and drink > food > animal food > [noun] > pet-food
pet food1937
1937 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 31 118 Considerable quantities of frozen whale meat are utilized in the manufacture of pet food.
1994 Harrowsmith Country Life Dec. 67/1 Block all possible entry holes and access to food storage. Not just the cupboards, but pet food, garden seeds, even the bag of potatoes in the garage.
pet form n. the hypocoristic form of a name.
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the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [noun] > pet name
minikin name1756
pet name1807
pet word1829
hypocorism1850
petit nom1867
hypocoristic1930
pet form1932
1932 E. Weekley Words & Names X. 138 Christopher may have implied stupidity, as its German pet-form Stoffel is synonymous with blockhead.
1990 P. Hanks & F. Hodges Dict. First Names 294/2 Sandy..pet form, originally Scottish, of Alexander.
petland n. Obsolete rare the realm of pets.
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1884 J. G. Wood (title) Petland Revisited.
pet lover n. a person who likes domestic pets.
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the world > animals > domestic animal > [noun] > pet > lover of
pet lover1901
1901 Times 17 Dec. 8/4 All pet lovers will thoroughly appreciate this little book.
1996 Daily Express 26 June 52/3 We are a nation of pet lovers but our furry friends can take a large bite out of our money.
pet name n. a nickname, a hypocoristic name, (now) esp. an abbreviated or altered form of a person's name, expressing fondness or familiarity.
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the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [noun] > pet name
minikin name1756
pet name1807
pet word1829
hypocorism1850
petit nom1867
hypocoristic1930
pet form1932
1807 E. S. Barrett All Talents ii. 32 Some, however, assert that it is a pet name for the guillotine.
1827 J. Barrington Personal Sketches Own Times II. 36 Lord C—— had a tolerable chance of becoming acquainted with my friend's reporters (a pet name for hair-triggers).
1850 E. B. Browning Sonnets from Portuguese xxxiii, in Poems (new ed.) II. 470 Yes, call me by my pet-name! let me hear The name I used to run at, when a child, From innocent play.
1905 Daily Mail 1 Nov. 8/3 (heading) ‘All Black’ pet names. How the New Zealanders are known to each other.
1997 Roger's Profanisaurus 15/1 John Thomas, the pet name by which Lady Chatterley's lover..famously referred to his pink hoe.
pet-name v. (transitive) to give a pet name to; to call by a pet name.
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the mind > language > naming > give a name to [verb (transitive)] > give or call by pet-name
pet-name1915
1915 E. Corri Thirty Years Boxing Referee 183 Men of the most human type are usually pet-named by the public in some way.
1998 Scunthorpe Evening Tel. (Nexis) 3 July 5 Keith bought Becca eight months ago and petnamed her after her saviour.
pet passport n. colloquial a document certifying an animal's identity, health, and vaccination status, and providing it with authorization to travel to and from certain countries.
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1985 Memphis (Tennessee) Business Jrnl. (Nexis) 3 June i. 25 To keep her special cargo from feeling less important than other travelers, Weakley recently introduced a pet passport, which offers a place for all important health information as well as a photo of the ‘traveler’.
1992 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 7 Feb. 9 Brussels officials are to push for a new system of mandatory anti-rabies vaccines and ‘pet passports’ for cats and dogs arriving in Britain to help phase out its draconian quarantine laws in the Single Market of next year.
2000 Press & Jrnl. (Aberdeen) (Nexis) 9 Sept. 14 Thus, Rosa, the cocker spaniel from Tillicoultry is in possession of her pet passport, and ready to take on the world.
pet rock n. a small rock intended as a humorous novelty alternative to keeping an animal or growing plants; (hence) something seen as little more than a passing fad, or as pointless or useless.
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1975 Newsweek 10 Nov. 95/3 Pet rocks are particularly good at sitting, lying and playing dead, Dahl says, but shaking hands is out.
1992 N.Y. Times Mag. 28 June 46/1 He found that the..board was a do-nothing group who hadn't voted against the chairman since the Depression. He ridiculed the board as Smith's ‘pet rock’.
2003 Risk & Insurance (Nexis) 14 Apr. 14 People recognize that maybe it's not all there but there is a substance of ERM that's not just the next pet rock.
pets' corner n. (also pet corner) a part of a zoo, animal sanctuary, etc., reserved for the display of animals normally kept as pets.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > zoo > [noun] > pets' corner
pets' corner1935
1935 Times 20 Aug. 10/4 The Pets' Corner at London Zoo was opened yesterday by Mr. Julian Huxley.
1992 Alton Herald 17 Apr. 2 Marwell Zoological Park are hosting the Pet Corner where you can meet face to face those animals that do not make the perfect pets.
pet shop n. a shop selling animals to be kept as pets, or accessories, food, etc., for pets.
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society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > shop > shops selling other specific goods
jeweller's shop1632
ironmongery1648
ironmonger1673
jeweller1675
news shop1688
print shop1689
Indian house1692
coal shed1718
pamphlet shop1721
lormery1725
drugstore1771
hardware store1777
junk store1777
chandler-shop1782
junk shop1790
music store1794
pot shop1794
finding store1822
marine store1837
picture house1838
paint shop1847
news agency1852
chemist1856
Army and Navy1878
cyclery1886
jumble-shop1893
pig shop1896
Manchester department1905
lot1909
craft shop1911
garden centre1912
pet shop1927
sex shop1949
video store1949
quincaillerie1951
home centre1955
Army-Navy1965
cookshop1967
sound shop1972
bucket-shop1973
1927 Amer. Speech 2 246/1 If one were to say to the proprietor of a pet shop, ‘I'll take three of those goldfish’.
1928 R. Kipling Limits & Renewals (1932) 47 Mr. Wilham's fashionable West End pet-shop.
2003 Guardian (Nexis) 1 Apr. 11 He was working part-time for a vet and in a pet shop.
pet-sit v. (intransitive) to take care of a person's pet or pets whilst they are away.
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1977 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 12 May 50/4 (advt.) Mature, responsible employed female student will house sit, pet sit, cook, type, do light housekeeping, or perform any reasonable service.
1996 Mail on Sunday 28 Apr. 56/5 For less than Wonderland's £25 a night you can hire an Animal Aunt..who will pet-sit in your home.
pet sitter n. a person who pet-sits.
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1976 National Observer (U.S.) 16 Oct. 10/3 In addition to caring for children, invalids and the elderly, the women work as house sitters, pet sitters, and housekeepers.
1994 Denver Post 17 Jan. c1/5 The..National Association of Pet Sitters has no way of estimating how many pet-sitting businesses are operating throughout the country.
pet sitting n. the task of taking care of a person's pet or pets whilst they are away.
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1978 Washington Post (Nexis) 6 Apr. (Virginia Weekly) 14 Students are available for any odd jobs such as painting, pet sitting and washing windows.
1996 Univ. Vermont Rec. 13 Sept. 5/3 (advt.) Pet Sitting: In your home while you're away.
pet therapy n. the use of domestic animals for the therapeutic effect their presence or companionship can have on the mentally or physically ill, the elderly and lonely, etc.
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1962 Amer. Jrnl. Psychiatry 118 1045 (title) Reaching the severely withdrawn through pet therapy.
1987 Life Dec. 9/3 Pet therapy—in which a strokable cat or dog is introduced into a counseling situation to loosen up a troubled client.
2001 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 4 Mar. 28 Nursing homes, hospitals, and children's hospitals..allow pet therapy visits of cats and dogs, with amazing benefits for the sick and terminally ill.
pet word n. (a) a word expressing familiarity or fondness; = pet name n.; (b) a favourite or frequently used word, esp. one that is deemed to have been used to excess.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [noun] > pet name
minikin name1756
pet name1807
pet word1829
hypocorism1850
petit nom1867
hypocoristic1930
pet form1932
1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Devereux II. ii. v. 81 Call me only by those pretty pet words by which I know you will never call any one else.
1877 M. J. Thayers Wreath of Wild Flowers 66 A lump of sugar thou should'st have, And pet words from my tongue.
1915 Amer. Food Jrnl. 10 294/1 With a view to ‘regulating’ big business, whatever this ambiguous and essentially indefinite pet word of reformers may mean.
1997 London Rev. Bks. 23 Jan. 6/4 Katherine Mansfield's pet word for..[the Bloomsbury circle]—tangi—was the Maori word for wailers at a funeral.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

petn.3

Brit. /pɛt/, U.S. /pɛt/
Forms: 1500s– pet, 1600s–1700s pett; Scottish pre-1700 pett, pre-1700 1700s– pet.
Origin: Of unknown origin.
Etymology: Origin unknown. Compare the apparent derivative pettish adj., which is first attested earlier.Perhaps related to pet n.2, in which case pettish adj. may have been formed originally from pet n.2 2; however, a strong argument against is presented by the early geographical distribution of the words, pet n.2 being in early use distinctively Scots and northern English, whereas the present word is found also in the south from its earliest attestations onwards, and pettish adj. is apparently not found in Older Scots. For a suggestion of an etymology from a spec. sense of French pet pet n.1 see L. Spitzer in Language 26 (1950) 533–8.
Offence at being or feeling slighted; a fit of peevishness or ill humour from this cause, (now) esp. a childish sulk. Frequently in in a pet. Also to take (the) pet: to take offence, to become bad-tempered or sulky (now rare, perhaps obsolete).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > peevishness > be or become peevish [verb (intransitive)]
to take (the) pet1590
pet1629
tiff1727
girn1837
gummidge1889
the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > [noun] > fit of
gloominga1400
terret1515
momurdotesc1540
the sullens1580
pirr1581
pet1590
snuff1592
mulligrubs1599
mumps1599
geea1605
mood1609
miff1623
tetch1623
frumps1671
strunt1721
hump1727
tiff1727
tift1751
huff1757
tig1773
tout1787
sulk1792
twita1825
fantigue1825
fuff1834
grumps1844
spell1856
the grumbles1861
grouch1895
snit1939
mardy1968
moody1969
strop1970
sull1972
cream puff1985
mard1998
1590 T. Lodge Rosalynde: Euphues Golden Legacie f. 41v Some while they thought he had taken some word vnkindly, and had taken the pet.
c1598 King James VI & I Basilicon Doron (1944) I. 84 Feare not thaire orping nor taking the pett [v.r. pet] als lang as ye reule ueill.
1606 G. Chapman Monsieur D'Oliue ii. i Fled backe as it came and went away in Pett.
1640 Whole Bk. Psalmes: ‘Bay Psalm Bk.’ §10 Jonas took pet at the withering of the gourd.
1654 R. Baillie Lett. & Jrnls. (1842) III. 265 I am not so easily subject to take the pett.
1660 S. Pepys Diary 6 Dec. (1970) I. 311 Which did vex me..and so I took occasion to go up and to bed in a pett.
1706 tr. J. B. Morvan de Bellegarde Refl. upon Ridicule 199 Who takes Pett at things that are lightly said.
1731 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd: Sang iii, in Poems (new ed.) II. 222 The dawted Bairn thus takes the pet, Nor eats tho' hunger crave.
1785 C. Dibdin Liberty-Hall ii. iii. 26 She is this instant gone, and in a perfect pet, I can tell you, at my entering the lists as your champion.
1830 W. Scott Jrnl. 23 May (1946) 98 About a year ago I took the pet at my diary, chiefly becaus[e] I thought it made me abominably selfish.
1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale 62/2 She tuk th' pet an wodn't cum.
1894 R. H. Elliot Gold in Mysore 102 They [sc. tigers] take the pet in a case of failure and go off in disgust.
1944 K. Tynan Let. 26 Jan. (1994) i. 29 In a pet (for it much displeases me to be disturbed as I eat) I brusquely ripped open the envelope.
1994 Amer. Spectator Oct. 37/2 I hear America whining, crybaby to the world. I behold my country in a pet beefing, carping, crabbing, bitching, sniveling.

Compounds

pet-lip n. English regional (northern) the sulky protrusion of the lower lip in front of the upper; = petted lip n. at petted adj.1
ΚΠ
1864 E. Lynn Linton Lake Country Gloss. 309 Pet-lip, a hanging, sulky-looking lip.
1896 Leeds Mercury 1 Feb. (Suppl.) T'little doy's settin it pet-lip ageean.
1903 I. Wilkinson in Eng. Dial. Dict. IV. 477/2 [N. Yorks.] He's mackin' a pet-lip.
1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 95/1 T' bairns poolin a pet lip.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

petv.1

Brit. /pɛt/, U.S. /pɛt/, Scottish English /pɛt/
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: pet n.2
Etymology: < pet n.2
Originally Scottish.
1. transitive. To make a pet of, treat as a pet; to indulge; to fondle, to stroke.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > love > tenderness > foolish affection, excessive love or fondness > be infatuatedly fond or love to excess [verb (transitive)] > pet, indulge, or pamper
daunt1303
cocker1440
cherisha1450
pomper1483
daut?a1513
to cocker up1530
pamper1530
pimper1537
tiddle1560
cockle1570
dandlea1577
cotchel1578
cockney1582
fondle1582
coax1589
to coax up1592
to flatter up1598
dainty1622
pet1629
cosset1659
caudle1662
faddle1688
pettle1719
coddle1786
sugar-plum1788
twattle1790
to make a fuss of or over (with)1814
mud1814
pamperizea1845
mollycoddle1851
pompey1860
cosher1861
pussy1889
molly1907
1629 Z. Boyd Last Battell Soule (new ed.) 324 Grosse euill thoghts fedde and petted with yeelding and consent.
1788 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 345 Pet, to indulge; to spoil by over-indulgence.
1846 D. Jerrold Mrs. Caudle xxxvi. 140 Get another wife to study you and pet you up as I've done.
1871 R. B. Shaw Visits to High Tartary xiii. 297 It appears that thieves are treated with the greatest severity here. Murderers, on the other hand, are rather petted, for they are considered fine spirited fellows.
1964 S. Bellow Herzog (1965) 180 The cats..came to be petted.
1992 Economist 22 Aug. 81/2 Britten's..precocity was encouraged by his devoted and ambitious mother. He grew up petted and even a little petulant.
2001 Pop. Sci. July 8/1 (caption) The 15-inch-tall robots also recognize faces and respond when you pet them.
2. intransitive. Originally U.S. To engage in sexually stimulating kissing, caressing, and touching.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > engage in sexual activity [verb (intransitive)]
togglea1250
touse1542
sport1577
pet1921
the mind > emotion > love > action of caressing > caress or make a show of affection [verb (intransitive)] > caress sexually
pet1921
lumber1938
1921 D. O. Stewart Parody Outl. Hist. iv. 96 Miles. We might—er—pet a bit. Priscilla (yawning). No. I'm too tired—besides, I hate whiskers.
1959 N. Mailer Advts. for Myself (1961) 230 The game she cherished was to play the bobby-soxer who petted with a date in the living room and was finally seduced.
1977 C. Storr Tales from Psychiatrist's Couch viii. 84 Haven't you ever reached a climax when you've been out with a boy? When you'd be petting?
2004 Times Educ. Suppl. (Nexis) 19 Mar. 2 Most S3—S4 pupils have kissed, fondled or petted but have not generally gone as far as intercourse.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

petv.2

Brit. /pɛt/, U.S. /pɛt/, Scottish English /pɛt/
Forms: 1600s– pet; Scottish 1700s peat.
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: pet n.3
Etymology: < pet n.3
Now Scottish and rare.
1. intransitive. To be in a pet; to take offence at one's treatment; to sulk.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > peevishness > be or become peevish [verb (intransitive)]
to take (the) pet1590
pet1629
tiff1727
girn1837
gummidge1889
1629 J. Gaule Distractions 239 Jonas pets for his Gourd.
c1685 Earl of Marchmont Narr. Occurr. 40 in G. Rose Observ. C. J. Fox The Erle petting at it, forbare and stayed there.
1740 Duke of Newcastle Let. 10 July in Corr. Dukes of Richmond & Newcastle (1984) 35 I have laboured, petted, solicited & teased to gett every thing done.
1795 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) II. 796 But a' the niest week as I petted wi' care, I gaed to the tryste o' Dalgarnock; And wha but my fine, fickle lover was there.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. v. i. 270 The loyal Right Side sat..as it were, pouting and petting.
1851 J. Hannay in United Services Mag. Apr. 588 Dulcimer petted a little, and turned away.
1965 in Sc. National Dict. (1968) 97/3 [Kirkcudbrightshire] He pets easy.
2. transitive. To cause to take offence, annoy. Cf. petted adj.1 Obsolete.
ΚΠ
1773 H. Walpole Lett. (1814) VIII. 235 Can solitude pet one like folks one is forced to let in?
1814 W. Nicholson Peacock iv, in Poems 104 Shou'd some passage pet or pout them, They ken best if the bonnet suit them.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

> as lemmas

PET
PET n. polyethylene terephthalate.
ΚΠ
1965 Analyt. Chem. 37 1307/3 The saponification of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) may be represented as follows.
1991 Garbage Jan. 35/1 The..facility, capable of recycling 24 million pounds of PET a year, was an investment of $3.3 million.
extracted from Pn.
PET
PET n. Medicine positron emission tomography (frequently in PET scan).
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > radiography or radiology > [noun] > specific techniques
fluorography1896
fluoroscopy1896
Roentgenism1898
roentgenoscopy1903
skiascopy1908
teleradiography1908
teleroentgenography1908
orthoroentgenography1911
pneumography1921
stereofluoroscopy1928
kymography1930
tomography1935
photofluorography1941
neutron radiography1948
pantomography1952
photofluoroscopy1955
orthopantomography1959
panography1961
stereoradiography1965
computerized axial tomography1973
computed tomography1974
computerized tomography1974
CT1974
positron emission tomography1976
PET1979
the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > radiography or radiology > [adjective] > using specific techniques
fluoroscopic1896
roentgenographic1906
stereofluoroscopic1928
tomographic1935
planigraphic1936
photofluorographic1941
orthoroentgenographic1946
panographic1952
pantomographic1952
pantomographical1952
radiopharmacological1963
CT1974
CAT1975
computed tomographic1975
PET1979
1975 M. M. Ter-Pogossian et al. in Radiol. 114 90/2 We call this apparatus a positron emission transaxial tomograph (PETT).]
1979 Brain Res. (Reviews) 180 48 The concept of positron emission tomography (PET).
1993 Chicago Tribune 13 Apr. i. 4/6 Using PET scans..to follow the brain's consumption of sugar..he measured the activity level of brains at all ages.
2001 National Post (Canada) 20 Mar. a7/6 Dr. Schumacher cited the example of the PET scan, a new diagnostic machine used to determine whether tumours are malignant or spreading.
extracted from Pn.
PET
PET n. (also Pet, pet) British Finance = potentially exempt transfer n. at potentially adv. Compounds.
ΚΠ
1986 Guardian 26 Apr. 26/2 Providing the transferer survives the PET by seven years, no tax liability will arise.
2002 Which? Tax Saving Guide 60/3 On your death, all Pets and other taxable lifetime gifts you made in the previous seven years are treated as part of your estate.
extracted from Pn.
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