Petulant (adj)
pech-u-lent
(of a person or their manner) childishly sulky or bad-tempered.
Late 16th century (in the sense ‘immodest’): from French pétulant, from Latin petulant- ‘impudent’ (related to petere ‘aim at, seek’).
Example sentences
“His moody, petulant manner.”
Boscage (noun) bos-kij a mass of trees or shrubs; wood, grove, or thicket. 1350–1400; Middle English boskage. Middle French boscage. (more…)
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