Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PET'U-LANT
PET'U-LANCE, or PET'U-LAN-CYPET'U-LANT-LY
PET'U-LANT, a. [L. petulans.]
- Saucy; pert or forward with fretfulness or sourness of temper; as, a petulant youth.
- Manifesting petulance; proceeding from pettishness; as a petulant demand; a petulant answer.
- Wanton; freakish in passion.
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