Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Peevishness; petulance; wantonness.
Wiktionary
- n. rare wantonness; waywardness; petulance; peevishness
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. obsolete Peevishness; petulance.
Etymologies
- Latin protervitas, from protervus ("violent, wanton"). (Wiktionary)
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Verbophile's Words
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pavonine Peevishness; petulance. Nov 25, 2007