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petulancy
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petulancy, n. [L. petulania: cf. F. pétulance. See Petulant.].
The quality or state of being petulant; temporary peevishness; pettishness; capricious ill humor. B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
"Like pride in some, and like petulance in others." [1913 Webster]
"The lowering eye, the petulance, the frown." [1913 Webster]
Syn. -- Petulance, Peevishness. -- Peevishness implies the permanence of a sour, fretful temper; petulance implies temporary or capricious irritation.
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