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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Pĕt'ty, a.

adjective

a. [compar. PETTIER; superl. PETTIEST.] [O. Eng. petit, Fr. petit, q. v.]

  1. Small; little; trifling; inconsiderable; as, a petty trespass; a petty crime.
  2. Inferior; as, a petty prince.

Like a petty god I walked about admired. Milton. For petty constable, petty jury, petty larceny, petty treason, see PETIT. Syn.—Little; diminutive; inconsiderable; inferior; trifling; trivial; unimportant; frivolous.