petulancy — noun Date: 1559 archaic petulance … New Collegiate Dictionary
petulancy — /pech euh leuhn see/, n., pl. petulancies. Rare. petulance. [1550 60; < L petulantia. See PETULANCE, ANCY] * * * … Universalium
petulancy — pet·u·lan·cy … English syllables
petulancy — /ˈpɛtʃələnsi/ (say pechuhluhnsee) noun (plural petulancies) → petulance …
petulancy — nsē, si noun ( es) Etymology: Latin petulantia impudence archaic : petulance … Useful english dictionary
Petulance — Pet u*lance, Petulancy Pet u*lan*cy, n. [L. petulania: cf. F. p[ e]tulance. See {Petulant}.] The quality or state of being petulant; temporary peevishness; pettishness; capricious ill humor. The petulancy of our words. B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Vernaculous — Ver*nac u*lous, a. [L. vernaculus. See {Vernacular}.] 1. Vernacular. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] 2. [L. vernaculi, pl., buffoons, jesters.] Scoffing; scurrilous. [A Latinism. Obs.] Subject to the petulancy of every vernaculous orator. B … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Andalusia — For the more extensive Muslim era region, see Al Andalus. For other uses, see Andalusia (disambiguation). Andalusia Andalucía (Spanish) Autonomous Community … Wikipedia
fretfulness — Synonyms and related words: anxiety, breathless impatience, chafing, disquietude, eagerness, excitement, fretting, haste, impatience, impatientness, impetuousness, lather, peevishness, pettishness, petulance, petulancy, querulousness,… … Moby Thesaurus
petulance — Synonyms and related words: Faustianism, arbitrariness, beef, beefing, bellyache, bellyaching, bitch, bitching, caprice, capriciousness, cold comfort, complaining, complaint, crankiness, crotchetiness, destructive criticism, disappointment,… … Moby Thesaurus
