Definitions
contemptibly narrow in outlook
Word origin
The adjective is derived from Middle English peti, pety (“little, small; minor”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman petit, Middle French petit, and Old French peti, petit, pitet (“young; little, small; inferior; insignificant”) (modern French petit), ultimately of imitative origin. It is no longer thought that the word is derived from Celtic. Doublet of petit and petite.
Used in a sentence
“a petty fault petty squabbles”
“I could have liv'd like Hengiſt, King of Kent, / London, York, Lincoln, and VVincheſter, / Under the povver of my Command, the portion / Of my moſt juſt deſert, enjoyed novv / By pettier Deſervers.”
Hengist, King of Kent“His birth, perhaps, ſome petty Village hides, / And ſets his Cradle out of Fortune's way: […]”
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01“Small-minded”5 letters
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