pettiness

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The quality of being petty. countable,uncountable
    — The pettiness of the accounting department asking me to save a receipt from a fast-food restaurant was absurd.
  2. A petty behaviour, attitude, etc. countable,uncountable

词形变化

pettinesses plural

词源

Etymology tree
English petty
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English pettiness
From petty + -ness.
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