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twittishness

twittishness noun: the quality of being twittish; ignorant folly; silliness.

Noun

twittishness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being twittish; ignorant folly; silliness.
    • “This is a truly shameful vignette of almost superhuman undergraduate arrogance, toffishness and twittishness,” admits Johnson.2013 March 19, Adam Sherwin, quoting Boris Johnson, “‘Toffishness and twittishness’—Boris Johnson spills beans on Bullingdon Club and reveals childhood ambition to be ‘world king’”, in The Independent

Origin of twittishness

From twittish + -ness.

Questions about twittishness

What does twittishness mean?
Twittishness means the quality of being twittish; ignorant folly; silliness.
What part of speech is twittishness?
Twittishness is a noun.

Words near twittishness in the dictionary

  1. twittiest
  2. twitting
  3. twittingly
  4. twittings
  5. twittish
  6. twittishness
  7. Twittizen
  8. Twittizens
  9. twittle-twattle
  10. twittle-twattles
  11. Twitton

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