英文词源
- petulant
- petulant: see repeat
- petulant (adj.)
- 1590s, "immodest, wanton, saucy," from Middle French petulant (mid-14c.), from Latin petulantem (nominative petulans) "wanton, froward, saucy, insolent," present participle of petere "to attack, assail; strive after; ask for, beg, beseech" (see petition (n.)). Meaning "peevish, irritable" first recorded 1775, probably by influence of pet (n.2). Related: Petulantly.
中文词源
来自拉丁语petere,祈求，要求，词源同appetite,feather.引申词义过分的，无礼的，不谦虚的。现词义可能是受pettish影响。
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