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- in the
twentieth century,
derived by back-formation from the
adjective peevish,
meaning "ornery or ill-tempered",
which dates from the late 14th-century...
-
Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey,
United States.
delectatio morosa peevish delight In
Catholic theology,
pleasure taken in a
sinful thought or imagination...
- Lyall,
Sarah (August 26, 1992). "At
Dinner With: Rob
Morrow – He's No
Peevish Dr. Fleischman, But He's at Home in
Bagel Town". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331...
- and wrawnesse, the last
variously translated as "anger" or
better as "
peevishness". For Chaucer, human's sin
consists of
languishing and
holding back,...
- Self-****ertive, unyielding, stubborn, steely, implacable, unrelenting, dyspeptic,
peevish, and
cranky stance;
legalistic and self-righteous;
discharges previously...
- by his
education and
Scottish upbringing, and he
dealt shortly with the
peevish legacy of
Elizabethan Puritanism,
pursuing an
eirenic religious policy...
- "[the]
perfect foe to a
little kid
because he is
basically like a big,
peevish child himself — coaxing, cunning, and apt to
rapid and
irrational tantrums"...
-
being angry without cause, or
above cause, or in a proud, selfish, and
peevish manner."
Scott argues that
Christians should not
express anger in the "language...
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remarked that "I don't
remember now
where I read that
Herder once
exploded peevishly at the
constant preoccupation with Spinoza, "If
Goethe would only for...
