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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PEEVISHNESS

n.Fretfulness; petulance; disposition to murmur; sourness of temper; as childish peevishness. When peevishness and spleen succeed.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PEEVISHNESS

PEEVISHNESS Pee "vish *ness, n.

 

Defn: The quality of being peevish; disposition to murmur; sourness of temper.

 

Syn. -- See Petulance.