Meaning

noun narrowness of mind or ideas or views

noun the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous

noun lack of generosity in trifling matters

originEtymology tree English petty Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English pettiness From petty + -ness.

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