Definition for PET'U-LANT

PET'U-LANT, a. [L. petulans.]

  1. Saucy; pert or forward with fretfulness or sourness of temper; as, a petulant youth.
  2. Manifesting petulance; proceeding from pettishness; as a petulant demand; a petulant answer.
  3. Wanton; freakish in passion.

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