Pettedness

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being petted. uncountable

    "For a week or more the little girl had to be pampered and coddled in a manner that made Bobby quite cross with jealousy. He was too young, of course, to understand the reason for his pal's bouts of tears and pettedness […]"

Example

More examples

"For a week or more the little girl had to be pampered and coddled in a manner that made Bobby quite cross with jealousy. He was too young, of course, to understand the reason for his pal's bouts of tears and pettedness […]"

Etymology

From petted + -ness.

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