Word of the Day: Petulance

petulance


pet-u-lance / -chə-ləns



noun


1. a scornful or disrespectful statement or action


Every old man complains of the growing depravity of the world, of the petulance and insolence of the rising generation.


Samuel Johnson, 1709 - 1784



2. the state of being irritable without good cause


Always meet petulance with gentleness and perverseness with kindness.


Zoroaster, c. 628 BC – c. 551 BC

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