pettish

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Bad-tempered; peevish. informal
    — Indeed I would advise every single lady, if possible, to attend her inamorato, pretty frequently at the card table; and however genteel and agreeable his behaviour should be to herself, if he is hasty or pettish with any one else in company, she may depend on the same fate when once the knot is tied.

词形变化

more pettish comparative most pettish superlative

词源

Etymology tree
English pet
Proto-Indo-European *-iskos
Proto-Germanic *-iskaz
Proto-West Germanic *-isk
Old English -isċ
Middle English -ish
English -ish
English pettish
From pet + -ish.
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