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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. narrowness of mind or ideas or views;

2. the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous;
[syn: pettiness, triviality, slightness, puniness]

3. lack of generosity in trifling matters;
[syn: pettiness, littleness, smallness]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pettiness \Pet"ti*ness\, n. The quality or state of being petty or paltry; littleness; meanness. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pettiness n 1: narrowness of mind or ideas or views 2: the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous [syn: pettiness, triviality, slightness, puniness] 3: lack of generosity in trifling matters [syn: pettiness, littleness, smallness]