Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Peevishness; petulance; wantonness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Peevishness; petulance.
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- noun rare
wantonness ;waywardness ;petulance ;peevishness
Etymologies
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Latin protervitas, from protervus ("violent, wanton").
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pavonine commented on the word protervity
Peevishness; petulance.
November 25, 2007