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twiddlesome

twiddlesome adjective: charactersied or marked by twiddling; trifling.

Adjective

twiddlesome (comparative more twiddlesome, superlative most twiddlesome)

  1. Charactersied or marked by twiddling; trifling
    • Our physical anthropologists are keeping up with the twiddlesome technology of the physicists and chemists, while sticking to their own lasts.1977, Annual Review of Anthropology, volume 6, page 9
    • But it’s doomed, alas, like all attempts to hypnotise the play-goer with twiddlesome tricks.2012, Lloyd Evans, There will be blood

Forms of twiddlesome

comparativemore twiddlesome
superlativemost twiddlesome

Origin of twiddlesome

From twiddle + -some.

Questions about twiddlesome

What does twiddlesome mean?
Twiddlesome means charactersied or marked by twiddling; trifling.
What part of speech is twiddlesome?
Twiddlesome is an adjective.

Words near twiddlesome in the dictionary

  1. twiddler
  2. twiddler's syndrome
  3. twiddlers
  4. twiddles
  5. twiddles one's thumbs
  6. twiddlesome
  7. twiddlier
  8. twiddliest
  9. twiddling
  10. twiddling line
  11. twiddling lines

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