petulancy

American  

[pech-uh-luhn-see] / ˈpɛtʃ ə lən si /

noun

Rare.

plural

petulancies

1. petulance.

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Etymology

Origin of petulancy

From the Latin word petulantia, dating back to 1550–60. See petulance, -ancy

Example Sentences

The condition of which Dull Knife complained with so much petulancy and bitterness continued to exist during the winter.

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At the head of our adherents in the National Assembly was General Lamorici�re, and I greatly dreaded his petulancy, his imprudent observations, and especially his idleness.

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He was accustomed to act with the usual arrogance of a Crown Prince and the petulancy of an invalid.

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We feel satisfied that few of the ladies who take a peep into this mirror, will find any cause to break it in a fit of petulancy after having looked upon the attractive reflection of their own lovely features.

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But there are cases when even to write satirically against a clergyman may be not only excusable, but necessary:—“The man who gets into the church by the belfry or the window, ought never to be borne in the pulpit; and so the man who illustrates his own corrupt doctrines with as ill a conversation, and adorns the lasciviousness of his life with an equal petulancy of style and language.”—In such a concurrence of misdemeanors, what is to be done?

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