"petulance" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɛtjʊləns/, /ˈpɛt͡ʃələns/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-petulance.wav Forms: petulances [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French pétulance, and its source, Latin petulantia. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|pétulance}} Middle French pétulance, {{uder|en|la|petulantia}} Latin petulantia Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} petulance (countable and uncountable, plural petulances)
  1. (obsolete) Rudeness, insolence. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-petulance-en-noun-v7F2~TDv
  2. (obsolete) An insolent remark or act. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-petulance-en-noun-hTZPHkkc
  3. Childish impatience or sulkiness; testiness. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms (childish impatience or sulkiness): moodiness Translations (childish impatience or sulkiness): сприхавост (sprihavost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), раздразнителност (razdraznitelnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), Gereiztheit [feminine] (German), Launenhaftigkeit [feminine] (German), Launigkeit [feminine] (German), Kapriziertheit [feminine] (German), petulanza (Italian), petulantia [feminine] (Latin), petulância [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-petulance-en-noun-ehlUeM-O Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 25 68 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 14 30 56 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 13 12 76 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 17 72 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 10 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 11 25 64 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 12 18 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 13 17 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 13 17 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 9 34 57 Disambiguation of 'childish impatience or sulkiness': 1 2 98 Disambiguation of 'childish impatience or sulkiness': 1 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: caprice, capriciousness, tetchiness, arbitrariness, viciousness

Inflected forms

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