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noun
The quality of being petty.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A petty behaviour, attitude, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
lack of generosity in trifling matters
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: littleness, smallness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimony, parsimoniousness, tightness, tightfistedness, closeness
noun
the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: triviality, slightness, puniness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: unimportance
Narrower terms: joke
noun
narrowness of mind or ideas or views
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: narrow-mindedness, narrowness
History
Etymology tree English petty Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English pettiness From petty + -ness.
Across languages
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
