petulancy

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noun

petulance; petulant attitude or behaviour

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Meanings

nounpetulancy (countable and uncountable, plural petulancies)

plural petulancies

  1. countableuncountablepetulance; petulant attitude or behaviour

    the petulancy of our words

    1641, Ben Jonson, Timber
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APA

petulancy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/petulancy

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“petulancy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/petulancy. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “petulancy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/petulancy.

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