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twitsome

twitsome adjective: characterised or marked by twitting (reproach), or characteristic of a twit (buffoon).

Adjective

twitsome (comparative more twitsome, superlative most twitsome)

  1. Characterised or marked by twitting (reproach), or characteristic of a twit (buffoon)
    • Jeffreylee Pierce and a twitsome trio comprise The Gun Club, two of whose albums showed up in the same mail.1985, Joel Flegler, Fanfare - Volume 8, Issues 3-4
    • 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.2003, Sally Odgers, Under the Waterfall

Forms of twitsome

comparativemore twitsome
superlativemost twitsome

Origin of twitsome

From twit + -some.

Questions about twitsome

What does twitsome mean?
Twitsome means characterised or marked by twitting (reproach), or characteristic of a twit (buffoon).
What part of speech is twitsome?
Twitsome is an adjective.

Words near twitsome in the dictionary

  1. twitlisted
  2. twitlisting
  3. twitlists
  4. Twitpocalypse
  5. twits
  6. twitsome
  7. Twittard
  8. Twittards
  9. twitted
  10. twittedst
  11. twitten

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