petulance

[ pech-uh-luhns ]
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noun
  1. the state or quality of being petulant.

  2. a petulant speech or action.

Origin of petulance

1
First recorded in 1600–10, petulance is from the Latin word petulantia impudence. See petulant, -ance

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