petulant
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Petulant is one of many English words that are related to the Latin verb petere, which means "to go to," "to attack," "to seek," or "to request." "Petere" is a relative of the Latin adjective petulans ("impudent"), from which "petulant" was derived. Some other words with connections to "petere" are "compete" and "appetite." "Competere," the Late Latin precursor to "compete," is a combination of the prefix com- and the verb "petere." The joining of ad- and petere led to "appetere" ("to strive after"), and eventually to Latin appetitus, the source of our "appetite." Additional descendants of "petere" are "petition," "perpetual," and "impetus."
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adjective
(of a person or their manner) childishly sulky or bad-tempered:
短気な, 怒りっぽい, 不機嫌な, 気難しい, すねた
e.g. he was moody and petulant
e.g. a petulant shake of the head.
DERIVATIVES
petulantly |ˈpeCHələntlē| adverb
ORIGIN
late 16th century (in the sense ‘immodest’): from French pétulant, from Latin petulant- ‘impudent’ (related to petere ‘aim at, seek’). The current sense (mid 18th century) is influenced by pettish.