PETTISH

pettish|pettle. Pettish, or Pettle, a. froward, fretful, peevish, cross

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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.