Definition of Pettier

1. Adjective. (comparative of petty) ¹

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Definition of Pettier

1. petty [adj] - See also: petty

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pettier

pettable
pettah
pettahs
petted
pettedly
petter
petterdite
petters
petti
pettichaps
petticoat
petticoated
petticoating
petticoatless
petticoats
pettier (current term)
petties
pettiest
pettifog
pettifoged
pettifogged
pettifogger
pettifoggeries
pettifoggers
pettifoggery
pettifogging
pettifoggings
pettifoging
pettifogs
pettifogulize

Literary usage of Pettier

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Writings of Mark Twain by Mark Twain (1908)
"The great continental hotels keep a cashier on a trifling salary, and a pettier who pays the hotel a salary. By the latter system both the hotel and the ..."

2. A Handbook of Attic Red-figured Vases Signed by Or Attributed to the Various by Joseph Clark Hoppin (1919)
"pettier, Gaz. Arch. 1888, p. 172. Rayet, Bull. d. Ant. d. France, 1878, p. 48. Coll. Rayet, no. 146. Klein, p. 126, no. 4; Euphronios, p. 301, no. 3. ..."

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