Definition of Petulancy

1. Noun. petulance; petulant attitude or behaviour ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Petulancy

1. [n -CIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Petulancy

petty officers
petty spurge
petty theft
petty thefts
petty whin
pettychaps
pettyfogger
pettyfoggers
pettywhin
petulance
petulances
petulancies
petulancy
petulant
petulantly
petulcity
petunia
petunias
petuntse
petuntses
petuntze
petuntzes
petzite
petzites
peuce
peucedanin
peuces

Literary usage of Petulancy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England: Together with an by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1849)
"... and overruled with contempt and noise, were liable to all the personal reproaches and discountenance that the pride and petulancy of the other party ..."

2. Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times by Anthony Ashley Cooper Shaftesbury (1773)
"... the Beauty of Order, and the fimple Imitation of Nature were in a manner wholly unknown to em; or thro' Petulancy, or Debauch of Humour, were, ..."

3. Memoirs of the life of the rev. Lant Carpenter, with selections from his by Russell Lant Carpenter (1842)
"Sometimes too I have heen obliged to decide rapidly; I will, however, endeavour for the future to err less in this respect. " With regard to ' petulancy' I ..."

4. The Forum, Or, Forty Years Full Practice at the Philadelphia Bar by David Paul Brown (1856)
"This is all perfectly sound and true, and the doctrine should be closely observed by the COURT, as well as by COUNSEL. Petulancy produces ..."

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