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pet·u·lant (pĕch'ə-lənt)
adj.
  1. Unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered; peevish.
  2. Contemptuous in speech or behavior.

[Latin petulāns, petulant-, insolent, from petere, to assail.]

petulance pet'u·lance or pet'u·lan·cy n.
petulantly pet'u·lant·ly adv.



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