Associations to the word «Petulant»

Wiktionary

PETULANT, adjective. Childishly irritable
PETULANT, adjective. (obsolete) forward; pert; insolent; wanton.

Dictionary definition

PETULANT, adjective. Easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen".

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