[DOC] [TLE] Petulant | Define Petulant at Dictionary.com [PAR] 1590-1600; < Latin petulant- (stem of petulns) impudent, akin to petere to ... 
irritable, impatient, or sullen in a peevish or capricious way ... C16: via Old French 
from Latin petulns bold, from petulre (unattested) to attack playfully, from 
petere... [DOC] [TLE] 26 - Online Etymology Dictionary [PAR] "petroleum, rock oil" (mid-14c. in Anglo-French), from Medieval Latin ... saucy, 
insolent," present participle of petere "to attack, assail; strive after; ask for, beg, ... 
Meaning "peevish, irritable" first recorded 1775, probably by influence of pet (n.2)
. [DOC] [TLE] petulant (adj.) - Online Etymology Dictionary [PAR] from Latin petulantem (nominative petulans) "wanton, froward, saucy, insolent," 
present participle of petere "to attack, assail; strive after; ask for, beg, ... Meaning "
peevish, irritable" first recorded 1775, probably by influence of pet (n.2). Related:
... [DOC] [TLE] petulancy - Memidex dictionary/thesaurus [PAR] Synonyms: cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peckish, peevish, pettish, 
petulant... ... from Latin petulant-, petulans; akin to Latin petere to go to, attack, 
seek. [DOC] [TLE] Petulances - definition of petulances by The Free Dictionary [PAR] Unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered; peevish. 2. ... [C16: via Old French from 
Latin petulns bold, from petulre (unattested) to attack playfully, from petere to... [DOC] [TLE] Petulancy - definition of petulancy by The Free Dictionary [PAR] Unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered; peevish. 2. ... [C16: via Old French from 
Latin petulns bold, from petulre (unattested) to attack playfully, from petere to... [DOC] [TLE] Petulant | Definition of Petulant by Merriam-Webster [PAR] 2 : characterized by temporary or capricious ill humor : peevish ... "Petere" is a 
relative of the Latin adjective petulans ("impudent"), from which ... from Latin 
petulant-, petulans; akin to Latin petere to go to, attack, seek  more at feather ... 
irascible, peevish, perverse, pettish, irritable, prickly, quick-tempered, raspy, ratty,
... [DOC] [TLE] petulant - WordReference.com Dictionary of English [PAR] Latin petulant- (stem of petulns) impudent, akin to petere to seek, head for; 1590
1600 ... irritable, impatient, or sullen in a peevish or capricious way ... Latin 
petulns bold, from petulre (unattested) to attack playfully, from petere to assail [DOC] [TLE] petulant | Definition, meaning & more | Collins Dictionary [PAR] petulant | irritable, impatient, or sullen in a peevish or capricious way ... Latin 
petulns bold, from petulre (unattested) to attack playfully, from petere to assail
... [DOC] [TLE] Petulant - Wordswarm.net [PAR] adjective Etymology: Latin or Middle French; Middle French, from Latin petulant-, 
petulans; akin to Latin petere to go to, attack, seek  more at feather Date: 1598 
1. insolent or rude ... Syn: Irritable; ill-humored; peevish; cross; fretful; querulous. [DOC] [TLE] What does petulant mean - Definition of petulant - Word finder [PAR] Aggression, personal attacks and criticism, behaving like a petulant child. ... from 
Latin petulantem (nominative petulans) "wanton, froward, saucy, insolent," 
present participle of petere "to attack, assail; strive after; ask for, beg, beseech" (
see ... Meaning "peevish, irritable" first recorded 1775, probably by influence of 
pet (n.2). [DOC] [TLE] petulant English definition/translation - seadict.com [PAR] [Latin petulns, petulant-, insolent, from petere, to assail. ... adjective PEEVISH, 
bad-tempered, querulous, pettish, fretful, cross, irritable, ... [l. petulans, -antis, 
prop., making slight attacks upon, from a lost dim. of petere to fall upon, to attack: 
cf. f. [DOC] [TLE] Petulant - definition and synonims of

Question: Irritable or peevish, from the Latin "petere", to attack
Answer: petulant