Pet"ty (?), a.
[Compar. Pettier (?); superl.
Pettiest.]
[OE. petit, F. petit; probably of Celtic origin, and akin to E. piece. Cf. Petit.] Little; trifling; inconsiderable; also, inferior; subordinate;
as, a petty fault; a petty prince. Denham.
Like a petty god
I walked about, admired of all.
Milton. Petty averages. See under Average. --
Petty cash, money expended or received in small items or amounts. -- Petty officer, a subofficer in the navy, as a gunner, etc., corresponding to a noncommissionned officer in the army.
&fist; For petty constable, petty jury, petty larceny, petty treason, See Petit.
Syn. --
Little; diminutive; inconsiderable; inferior; trifling; trivial; unimportant; frivolous.
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