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pettie en · NOUN

Etymology

From pet + -ie.

Meanings

1. (colloquial, diminutive, form-of, rare) Diminutive of pet (“an animal companion”).
   form of pet
   • Provide a cozy and warm house for your pettie and guarantee the sleeping Quality. 2012 August 7, Mandy Dong, “what an^([sic]) adorable pet mats!”, in An adorable pet mats welcome here (Google Groups), archived from the original on 16 Apr 2026:
   • Pay me, my petties, and I may bother to do a spell-check. 2000 October 24, [Joan] <asd5000@altavista.com>, “Need advise^([sic]) on Prempro”, in alt.support.menopause (Usenet), archived from the original on 16 Apr 2026:
   • Are my petties up yet? I have such slights to show them! Jordy wanted to opine wisely with Eisenhower... 2023 August 12, Ash Wurthing, ““Serve a country”?”, in alt.arts.poetry.comments (Usenet), archived from the original on 16 Apr 2026:
   • I seem to remember reading that they lay an egg every other day. I'm suprised I didn't notice anything that might have alerted me earlier... But I havn't^([sic]) been paying quite so much attention to any of my petties, what with the holidays and all. 1996 December 26, Rien, “EGGS!!! They laid eggs!!!”, in rec.pets.birds (Usenet), archived from the original on 16 Apr 2026:

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