Petulant /(?)/

Pet·u·lant

Petulant

a.

[L. petulans, -antis, prop., making slight attacks upon, from a lost dim. of petere to fall upon, to attack: cf. F. pétulant. See Petition.]

Forward; pert; insolent; wanton. [Obs.]
Capriciously fretful; characterized by ill-natured freakishness; irritable.

Syn. -- Irritable; ill-humored; peevish; cross; fretful; querulous.

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