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Definition of petty

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Petty (superl.) Little; trifling; inconsiderable; also, inferior; subordinate; as, a petty fault; a petty prince..

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Dinar :: Dinar (n.) A petty money of accounts of Persia.

Pettifog :: Pettifog (v. i.) To do a petty business as a lawyer; also, to do law business in a petty or tricky way..

Regulus :: Regulus (n.) A petty king; a ruler of little power or consequence.

Grammaticaster :: Grammaticaster (n.) A petty grammarian; a grammatical pedant or pretender.

Huckster :: Huckster (v. i.) To deal in small articles, or in petty bargains..

Pettywhin :: Pettywhin (n.) The needle furze. See under Needle.

Tetrarch :: Tetrarch (a.) A Roman governor of the fourth part of a province; hence, any subordinate or dependent prince; also, a petty king or sovereign..

Grammatist :: Grammatist (n.) A petty grammarian.

Pusil :: Pusil (a.) Very small; little; petty.

Pettiness :: Pettiness (n.) The quality or state of being petty or paltry; littleness; meanness.

Pettily :: Pettily (adv.) In a petty manner; frivolously.

Pigwidgeon :: Pigwidgeon (n.) A cant word for anything petty or small. It is used by Drayton as the name of a fairy.

Pickery :: Pickery (n.) Petty theft.

Petty :: Petty (superl.) Little; trifling; inconsiderable; also, inferior; subordinate; as, a petty fault; a petty prince..

Royalet :: Royalet (n.) A petty or powerless king.

Tindal :: Tindal (n.) A petty officer among lascars, or native East Indian sailors; a boatswain's mate; a cockswain..

Henpeck :: Henpeck (v. t.) To subject to petty authority; -- said of a wife who thus treats her husband. Commonly used in the past participle (often adjectively).

Popeling :: Popeling (n.) A petty or deputy pope.

Cockswain :: Cockswain (n.) The steersman of a boat; a petty officer who has charge of a boat and its crew.

Bother :: Bother (n.) One who, or that which, bothers; state of perplexity or annoyance; embarrassment; worry; disturbance; petty trouble; as, to be in a bother..