twitsome

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From twit +‎ -some.

Adjective[edit]

twitsome (comparative more twitsome, superlative most twitsome)

  1. Characterised or marked by twitting (reproach), or characteristic of a twit (buffoon)
    • 1985, Joel Flegler, Fanfare - Volume 8, Issues 3-4:
      Jeffreylee Pierce and a twitsome trio comprise The Gun Club, two of whose albums showed up in the same mail.
    • 2003, Sally Odgers, Under the Waterfall:
      More greens drooped from a trug on the bench, which explained why Bal had been coming from this direction and why she was in a twitsome mood.

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