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   Pet·u·lant

   /ˈpeCHələnt/

   

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person or their manner) childishly sulky or bad-tempered: "he was moody and petulant"

   Word Origin late 16th century (in the sense ‘immodest’): from French pétulant, from Latin petulant- ‘impudent’ (related to petere ‘aim at, seek’). The current sense (mid 18th century) is influenced by pettish.

   Derivatives

   • 1. petulantly adverb

   Scrabble Points: 10

   • P

     3

   • E

     1

   • T

     1

   • U

     1

   • L

     1

   • A

     1

   • N

     1

   • T

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