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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
petulant /ˈpɛtjʊl(ə)nt/

▶adjective childishly sulky or bad-tempered.

– derivatives
petulance noun,
petulantly adverb.

– origin C16 (in the sense ‘immodest’): from Fr. pétulant, from L. petulant- ‘impudent’.

'petulant' also found in these Oxford entries:

pettish - querulous - whine

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