3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Petty \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.
Note: For petty constable, petty jury, petty larceny, petty
treason, See {Petit}.
Syn: Little; diminutive; inconsiderable; inferior; trifling;
trivial; unimportant; frivolous.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
petty
adj 1: inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly
corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate
functionary" [syn: {junior-grade}, {inferior}, {lower},
{lower-ranking}, {lowly}, {petty(a)}, {secondary}, {subaltern},
{subordinate}]
2: (informal terms) small and of little importance; "a fiddling
sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are
lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at
war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over
niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises";
"piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal
may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune
infraction" [syn: {fiddling}, {footling}, {lilliputian}, {little},
{niggling}, {piddling}, {piffling}, {picayune}, {trivial}]
3: contemptibly narrow in outlook; "a little mind consumed with
trivia"; "petty little comments"; "disgusted with the
pettiness of small minds" [syn: {little}, {small}, {small-minded}]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Petty, TX
Zip code(s): 75470
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