pettishness

English

Etymology

From pettish +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛtɪʃnəs/

Noun

pettishness (countable and uncountable, plural pettishnesses)

1. The state of being pettish; peevishness, irritability. [from 17th c.]
   • 1817 December 31 (indicated as 1818), [Walter Scott], chapter III, in Rob Roy. […], volume II, Edinburgh: [...] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. […]; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC, page 46:

     The sense that she was observed, or, more properly speaking, that she was watched by my looks, seemed to give Diana a mixture of embarrassment, pain, and pettishness.