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pettis

pettis is the plural of petti.

Meaning of petti

Noun

petti (plural pettis)

  1. (informal, rare) A petticoat.

See all 2 meanings of petti

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Pettis

Pettis

  1. A surname.
  2. A township in Adair County, Missouri, United States; another township in Platte County is inactive.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Pettis

Pettis

  1. (plural) plural of Petti

Words formed from pettis

Questions about pettis

What does pettis mean?
Pettis means a surname.
What is pettis the plural of?
Pettis is the plural of petti.
What part of speech is pettis?
Pettis is a proper noun.

Words near pettis in the dictionary

  1. Pettingill
  2. Pettingills
  3. pettingly
  4. pettings
  5. pettipants
  6. pettis
  7. Pettis County
  8. pettish
  9. pettishly
  10. pettishness
  11. pettishnesses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pettis (page history and authors); Pettis (page history and authors); petti (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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