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twitty

Syllables: twit·ty/ˈtwɪt.iː/US/ˈtwɪt.i/

twitty adjective: silly, foolish, ineffectual.

Adjective

twitty (comparative more twitty or twittier, superlative most twitty or twittiest)

  1. (slang, US campus) Silly, foolish, ineffectual.
    • twit fool, lame person, loser | Heʼs such a twit; he always crank-calls me! [C450 1920s British: ‘trivial idiot’]
      → twitty having the characteristics of a twit[1989, Pamela Munro, “Tt”, in Slang U.: The Official Dictionary of College Slang, 1st edition (non-fiction), quoted in Green's Dictionary of Slang, New York City, NY: Harmony Books, published 1989...
    Synonyms:
    bad, stupid
  2. (Australia, slang) Nervous.
    • To spend a day with the Hendersons — if you’re like me — would usually end up in your becoming gradually and gently twitty. Twitty is the English vernacular for nervous or clownish.1996, John Byrell, Lairs, Urgers and Coat-Tuggers: The Fair Dinkum Oz Guide to the Racetrack, 1st edition, quoted in Green's Dictionary of Slang, Sydney: Ironbark, published 1996, →ISBN, →LCCN...
    Synonyms:
    clownish

Proper noun capitalized: Twitty

Twitty (plural Twittys)

  1. A surname.

Synonyms of twitty

Forms of twitty

Adjective
comparativemore twitty
comparativetwittier
superlativemost twitty
superlativetwittiest
Proper noun
pluralTwittys

Origin of twitty

From twit[face] (“a fool, an idiot”, noun) + -y (adjectival suffix). First attested in 1989 (sense 1).

Words that rhyme with twitty

24 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about twitty

What does twitty mean?
Twitty means silly, foolish, ineffectual.
What part of speech is twitty?
Twitty can be an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce twitty?
Twitty is pronounced /ˈtwɪt.iː/ (UK).

Words near twitty in the dictionary

  1. Twittizen
  2. Twittizens
  3. twittle-twattle
  4. twittle-twattles
  5. Twitton
  6. twitty
  7. Twittys
  8. Twix
  9. Twixes
  10. Twixmas
  11. twixt

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