PETULANCE, PETULANT
ADJECTIVES
1382 — PROTERVE forward, wayward, stubborn; peevish, petulant; proud, arrogant, impudent → obs.
1538 — WANTON petulant; unruly; hence, self-indulgent, effeminate, luxurious → obs.
1660 — PROCACIOUS forward, insolent, impudent, saucy, pert, petulant
1810 — TIFFY given to fits of ill-temper; petulant, touchy, irritable, pettish, ill-humoured, uncertain in temper → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1848 — HIGHTY-TIGHTY petulant, huffy, easily offended
1905 — TIFTY given to fits of ill-temper; petulant, touchy, irritable, uncertain in temper → Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1966 — OFF ONE’S FEED sulky, petulant → Amer. dial.
1996 — IN A SHIT petulant; sulky; resentful → Aust. & NZ sl. (Bk.)
NOUNS
1621 — PROCACITY forwardness, petulance, sauciness, pertness, impudence
1623 — MIFF a petulant mood → colloq.
1984 — MULLIGRUBBING sulking, petulant behaviour → Amer. dial.
NOUNS, PERSON
1505 — ATTERCOP an ill-natured, petulant, malignant, captious person → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1725 — ETHERCAP an ill-natured, petulant, malignant, captious person → Eng. dial.
1820 — ETTERCAP an ill-natured, petulant, malignant, captious person → Sc.
1825 — GIRNIGO-GASH a fretful, peevish, bad-tempered person; a child who is habitually whimpering or fretting; a petulant child → Sc.
1892 — ATTERCAP an ill-natured, petulant, malignant, captious person → Eng. dial.
1892 — EDDERCAP an ill-natured, petulant, malignant, captious person; a shrewish woman → Eng. dial.
1898 — NATTER-CROP a peevish person; an ill-natured, petulant, malignant, captious person → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
20C.. — QUILT a petulant, pedantic, pernickety man → Irish sl.
VERBS
1910 — YIP to talk in a petulant or irritating manner → US sl.
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