PETULCITY

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ETYMOLOGY
from Latin petulcus butting, wanton, frisky 

EXAMPLE
From: The Works of the Right Reverend Father in God, Joseph Hall
Bishop of Exeter and Norwich
Edited by Josiah Pratt, Vol. IX. Polemical Works, 1808
To the Right Reverend in God, My Very Good Lord and Brother,
Joseph, Lord Bishop of Exon. P. 318