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petulant /ˈpɛtjʊl(ə)nt/
▶adjective childishly sulky or bad-tempered.
– derivatives
petulance noun,
petulantly adverb.
petulance noun,
petulantly adverb.
– origin C16 (in the sense ‘immodest’): from Fr. pétulant, from L. petulant- ‘impudent’.
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