petulant

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Peevish or unreasonably irritable, it's from the Latin petere, meaning "to assail" petulant DD $3,000 J WORD ORIGINS 2011-06-27 #6181
Irritable or peevish, from the Latin "petere", to attack petulant $1,000 DJ WORD ORIGINS 1990-01-26 #1250
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