Pet"tish*ness

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Pettish \Pet"tish\, a. [From {Pet}.]
   Fretful; peevish; moody; capricious; inclined to ill temper.
   "A pettish kind of humor." --Sterne. -- {Pet"tish*ly}, adv.
   -- {Pet"tish*ness}, n.
   [1913 Webster]