Associations to the word «Pettiness»

Wiktionary

PETTINESS, noun. The quality of being petty.
PETTINESS, noun. A petty behaviour, attitude, etc.

Dictionary definition

PETTINESS, noun. Narrowness of mind or ideas or views.
PETTINESS, noun. The quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous.
PETTINESS, noun. Lack of generosity in trifling matters.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca