Pettier

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Petty \Pet"ty\ (p[e^]t"t[y^]), a. [Compar. {Pettier}
     (p[e^]t"t[i^]*[~e]r); superl. {Pettiest}.] [OE. petit, F.
     petit; probably of Celtic origin, and akin to E. piece. Cf.
     {Petit}.]
     Little; trifling; inconsiderable; unimportant; also,
     inferior; subordinate; as, a petty fault; petty complaints; a


     petty prince. --Denham.
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           Like a petty god
           I walked about, admired of all.          --Milton.
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     {Petty averages}. See under {Average}.
  
     {Petty cash}, money expended or received in small items or
        amounts.
  
     {Petty officer}, a subofficer in the navy, as a gunner, etc.,
        corresponding to a noncommissionned officer in the army.
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     Note: For petty constable, petty jury, petty larceny, petty
           treason, See {Petit}.
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     Syn: Little; diminutive; inconsiderable; inferior; trifling;
          trivial; unimportant; frivolous.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  petty
       adj 1: inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly
              corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate
              functionary" [syn: {junior-grade}, {inferior}, {lower},
               {lower-ranking}, {lowly}, {petty(a)}, {secondary}, {subaltern},
               {subordinate}]
       2: (informal terms) small and of little importance; "a fiddling
          sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are
          lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at
          war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "Mickey Mouse
          regulations"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited
          to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a
          police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it
          seems to be a picayune infraction" [syn: {fiddling}, {footling},
           {lilliputian}, {little}, {Mickey Mouse}, {niggling}, {piddling},
           {piffling}, {picayune}, {trivial}]
       3: contemptibly narrow in outlook; "petty little comments";
          "disgusted with their small-minded pettiness" [syn: {small-minded}]
       [also: {pettiest}, {pettier}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pettier
       See {petty}