PETTINESS


Meaning of PETTINESS in English

]ēnə̇s, ]in- noun

( -es )

1. : the quality or state of being petty

seeking … freedom from the pettiness he found everywhere — Peggy Bennett

2. : something petty : triviality

life was made up of innumerable little pettinesses — Sherwood Anderson

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.