† titterern.¹

Forms: Middle English titerer, Middle English tyterer.

Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: tittler n.¹

Etymology: Probably an alteration of tittler n.¹ (compare -er suffix⁵).

Obsolete.

A person who spreads gossip or tells tales; a tattler.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat > one who chats or gossips

kikelot?c1225

mathelild?c1225

cacklec1230

tutelerc1385

tittererc1400

roukera1425

trattlerc1485

flimmerc1530

tattler1549

chatter1561

gossip1566

gossiper1568

tittle-tattle1571

chatmate1599

fiddle-faddle1602

tittle-tattler1602

confabulator1659

twittle-twat1662

shat1709

prittle-prattle1725

tattle-basket1736

small-talker1762

nash-gab1816

granny1861

windjammer1880

schmoozer1899

scuttlebutt gossip1901

wag-tongue1902

coffee-houser1907

kibitzer1925

clatfarta1930

natterer1959

yacker1959

rapper1967

village gossip1972

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xx. l. 297 Conscience..made pees porter to pynne þe ȝates Of alle taletellers and tyterers [c1400 Trin. Cambr. titeleris; a1450 Cambr. Dd.1.17 tutelers] in ydel.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

titterern.²

Brit.

/ˈtɪt(ə)rə/, U.S.

/ˈtɪdərər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: titter v.², -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < titter v.² + -er suffix¹.

A person who laughs in a suppressed, nervous, or covert manner; a giggler.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > types of laughter > [noun] > giggling or tittering > one who

giggler1633

titterer1765

1765 Public Ledger 26 Nov. 2029/4 He has laughed greatly out of time, as all Titterers are apt to do.

1782 Whitehall Evening-post 8–10 Aug. While the fan 'fore the face the fair titterers place, And aside call your humble an odd piece.

1844 Morning Post 13 Apr. 4/5 The meeting..resolved itself into a party of senseless titterers.

1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. iv. 92 He was too shortsighted to notice those who tittered at him—too absent from the world of small facts and petty impulses in which titterers live.

1927 Illustr. London News 11 June 1038/3 Our young titterers will one day face a fact which will make them silent.

1942 Music & Lett. 23 220 Few took this as anything more than a waggish joke, and the titterers tittered as the composer had expected.

2013 Oldie Apr. 75/1 The merry titterer assumed that because it was Oscar [Wilde] she was seeing he had to be delivering bons mots.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	titterer
释义	† titterern.¹ Forms: Middle English titerer, Middle English tyterer. Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: tittler n.¹ Etymology: Probably an alteration of tittler n.¹ (compare -er suffix⁵). Obsolete. A person who spreads gossip or tells tales; a tattler. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat > one who chats or gossips kikelot?c1225 mathelild?c1225 cacklec1230 tutelerc1385 tittererc1400 roukera1425 trattlerc1485 flimmerc1530 tattler1549 chatter1561 gossip1566 gossiper1568 tittle-tattle1571 chatmate1599 fiddle-faddle1602 tittle-tattler1602 confabulator1659 twittle-twat1662 shat1709 prittle-prattle1725 tattle-basket1736 small-talker1762 nash-gab1816 granny1861 windjammer1880 schmoozer1899 scuttlebutt gossip1901 wag-tongue1902 coffee-houser1907 kibitzer1925 clatfarta1930 natterer1959 yacker1959 rapper1967 village gossip1972 c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xx. l. 297 Conscience..made pees porter to pynne þe ȝates Of alle taletellers and tyterers [c1400 Trin. Cambr. titeleris; a1450 Cambr. Dd.1.17 tutelers] in ydel. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). titterern.² Brit. /ˈtɪt(ə)rə/, U.S. /ˈtɪdərər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: titter v.², -er suffix¹. Etymology: < titter v.² + -er suffix¹. A person who laughs in a suppressed, nervous, or covert manner; a giggler. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > types of laughter > [noun] > giggling or tittering > one who giggler1633 titterer1765 1765 Public Ledger 26 Nov. 2029/4 He has laughed greatly out of time, as all Titterers are apt to do. 1782 Whitehall Evening-post 8–10 Aug. While the fan 'fore the face the fair titterers place, And aside call your humble an odd piece. 1844 Morning Post 13 Apr. 4/5 The meeting..resolved itself into a party of senseless titterers. 1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. iv. 92 He was too shortsighted to notice those who tittered at him—too absent from the world of small facts and petty impulses in which titterers live. 1927 Illustr. London News 11 June 1038/3 Our young titterers will one day face a fact which will make them silent. 1942 Music & Lett. 23 220 Few took this as anything more than a waggish joke, and the titterers tittered as the composer had expected. 2013 Oldie Apr. 75/1 The merry titterer assumed that because it was Oscar [Wilde] she was seeing he had to be delivering bons mots. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹c1400n.²1765
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