单词 | petulant |
释义 | petulantadj.n. A. adj. a. Immodest or forward in speech or behaviour; wanton, lascivious. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > indecency > [adjective] > immodest impudentc1386 petulant1538 unmodest1565 immodest1590 Jezebelical1625 Jezebelish1645 impudicous1657 1538 Bp. J. Longland Serm. Good Frydaye sig. D Howe is it possyble for hym to lyue chaste, that hath a lascyuyous petulant eye? a wanton lyght countenaunce? gasynge in euery womans face? 1598 J. Marston Scourge of Villanie iii. x. sig. I2 Deride me not, though I seeme petulant To fall into thy chops. ?a1625 Lawes of Candy ii. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ggg4/1 I have been both nurs'd, and traind up to Her petulant humours, and been glad to beare them. 1683 T. Tryon Way to Health 277 Corrupted..amongst Lascivious and Petulent Men and Women, through various sorts of Vncleannesses, which are against God's Law. 1703 S. Patrick Comm. 2 Sam. vi. 20 Not with a futilous, lascivious, and petulant joy, but with a pious and moderate. 1783 Ld. Hailes Disquis. Antiq. Christian Church ii. 20 Amongst the lively, petulant, and licentious inhabitants of Alexandria. 1859 G. Meredith Ordeal Richard Feverel III. v. 128 The air of petulant gallantry. b. Impudent, insolent, rude. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [adjective] thristec897 bolda1000 keen1297 apert1330 smartc1400 malaperta1425 overbolda1425 affronted1485 saucy1511 impertinata1525 over-familiar1529 pert1535 cocket1537 cockapert1556 contumelious1561 impudent1563 brass-bold1582 pertlike1582 paughtya1586 audacious1586 copped1597 effronted1598 petulant1598 dortya1605 rufty-tufty1606 facy1607 snappish1608 bold-faceda1616 over-pert1621 impertinent1631 procacious1660 insolent1678 calleting1691 effrontuousa1734 imperent1771 free1775 sassy1799 pawky1809 iron-sideda1825 gilpie1835 cheeky1838 fresh1843 snouty1858 nebby1873 gay1889 nebsy1894 nervy1896 brass neck1925 facety1928 facey1929 brass-necked1935 chutzpadik1959 1598 B. Jonson Euery Man in his Humor i. i T' have ta'en on trust Such petulant, jeering gamesters, that can spare No argument or subject from their jest. ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xix. 268 The petulent swarme Of flies. 1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 256 A kind of Back-biting mockery, proceeding from mans petulant wit and invention. 1693 J. Dryden Disc. conc. Satire in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires p. v The petulant Scriblers of this Age. 1729 T. Cooke Tales 124 Mr. Theobald is treated in so unhandsome, foolish, and petulant, a Manner, thro the Dunciad. 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. p. xvi/2 (note) Falco behaved with the most petulant indecency. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vii. 175 He is..as fair a mark as factious animosity and petulant wit could desire. 2. Exhibiting or prone to peevish impatience or irritability, esp. over trivial matters; childishly sulky or bad-tempered. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > peevishness > [adjective] protervec1384 teethya1500 peevishc1530 protervous1547 pettish1552 tatter1579 fretting1587 teeny1594 frampold1599 treaf1601 fretful1603 teety1621 frappish1631 froppish1659 huffy1680 toothy1691 peenging1724 fractious1725 crossish1740 huffish1755 petulant1755 refractious1761 pouty1799 pensy1803 fudgy1819 twiney1824 rammista1838 fretty1844 petful1852 patchy1862 fretsome1870 grizzly1900 anfractuous1923 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. at Peevish Petulant, waspish, easily offended. 1782 F. Burney Cecilia III. v. iii. 48 He was grown so ill-humoured and petulant. 1830 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I III. v. 72 Laud was petulant, passionate, and impatient of contradiction. 1856 R. W. Emerson Eng. Traits vi. 108 The Englishman is very petulant and precise about his accommodation at inns, and on the roads. 1888 F. Hume Madame Midas i. iii. 32 With a petulant gesture she hurled the rose out of the window. 1919 J. Conrad Arrow of Gold ii. i We heard a petulant exclamation accompanied by childlike stamping with both feet. 1954 M. Stewart Madam, will you Talk? xxi. 159 Her voice cut in, petulant and brittle. 1994 Amer. Spectator Apr. 14/3 Clinton's petulant character assault. B. n. A petulant person, esp. a childishly sulky or bad-tempered one. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > peevishness > [noun] > peevish person fretcharda1640 fretter1649 petulant1682 Gummidge1873 nippy sweetie1985 1682 T. Shadwell Lancs.-witches i, in Wks. (1720) III. 225 Come, good petulant, Mr. Chop-logick, pack up your few books..And leave my house. 1755 Man No. 2. 4 Can satire be too sharp for such petulants? 1893 T. M. Healy in Westm. Gaz. 2 Nov. 2/1 Hostile journalists..pursued Mr. Parnell at the outset of his Parliamentary career as a bore, a blunderer, and a petulant. 1993 San Francisco Examiner (Nexis) 28 Oct. a20 One of the whining petulants collectively described..as earning over $100,000 a year while saying they do not have enough to live on. 2001 Deseret News (Salt Lake City) (Nexis) 30 Apr. a9 The petulants interrupted Mr. Horowitz countless times with inane shouts of rote demagoguery. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1538 |
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