pet
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[edit] Etymology 1
Originally from Northern English and Scots dialects, origin is unsure but may have arisen due to influence of petty pertaining to children and later companion animals. Almost certainly of Germanic etymology.
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pet (plural pets)
- An animal kept as a companion.
- One who is excessively loyal to their superior.
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an animal kept as a companion
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one who is excessively loyal to their superior
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[edit] References
- “pet” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001
[edit] Verb
pet (third-person singular simple present pets, present participle petting, simple past and past participle petted)
- (transitive) To stroke or fondle (an animal).
- (transitive, informal) To stroke or fondle (another person) amorously.
- (intransitive, informal) Of two or more people, to stroke and fondle one another amorously.
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fondle (an animal)
fondle (another person) amorously
intransitive: fondle amorously
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[edit] Etymology 2
Origin unknown.
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pet (plural pets)
- A fit of petulance, a sulk, arising from the impression that one has been offended or slighted.
- 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska 2005, p. 105:
- There was something ludicrous, even more, unbecoming a gentleman, in leaving a friend's house in a pet, with the host's reproaches sounding in his ears, to be matched only by the bitterness of the guest's sneering retorts.
- 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska 2005, p. 105:
[edit] Etymology 3
Abbreviation of petition.
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pet (plural pets)
- Abbreviation of petition.
[edit] Etymology 4
Diminutive of petal.
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pet (uncountable)
- (Geordie) A term of endearment usually applied to women and children.
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- A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ISBN 1904794165
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[edit] Dutch
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- Rhymes: -ɛt
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pet m. (plural petten, diminutive petje)
- cap (headwear with a peak at the front)
[edit] French
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From Latin peditum.
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pet m. (plural pets)
[edit] Middle French
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pet m. (plural petz)
- (vulgar) fart, gas, flatulence
[edit] Romansch
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From Latin pectus.
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pet m. (plural pets)
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pȇt (Cyrillic spelling пе̑т)
- (cardinal) five (5)
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pet
- (cardinal) five (5)
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