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Fretful; peevish; moody; capricious; inclined to ill temper.

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  1. a. Fretful; peevish; moody; capricious; inclined to ill temper.
  2. adj. easily irritated or annoyed
  3. Fretful; peevish; moody; capricious; inclined to ill temper. "A pettish kind of humor." Sterne. -- Pet"tish*ly, adv. -- Pet"tish*ness, n.
  4. Fretful; peevish; moody; capricious; inclined to ill temper. "Apettish kind of humor." Sterne.-- Pet"tish*ly, adv.-- Pet"tish*ness, n.
  5. s easily irritated or annoyed