Pettishness

Pettishness
Pettish Pet"tish, a. [From {Pet}.] Fretful; peevish; moody; capricious; inclined to ill temper. ``A pettish kind of humor.'' --Sterne. -- {Pet"tish*ly}, adv. -- {Pet"tish*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]

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