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.”
Lurdan (noun) lur-dn A lazy, stupid, loutish fellow. 1250–1300; Middle English, Middle French lourdin dullard, equivalent to lourd heavy, dull (more…)
