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Webster 1913 Edition


Pettish

Pet′tish

,
Adj.
[From
Pet
.]
Fretful; peevish; moody; capricious; inclined to ill temper.
“A pettish kind of humor.”
Sterne.
–
Pet′tish-ly
,
adv.
–
Pet′tish-ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition


Pettish

PET'TISH

,
Adj.
[from pet.] Fretful; peevish; subject to freaks of ill temper.