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单词 twitting
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twittingn.

Brit. /ˈtwɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈtwɪdɪŋ/
Forms: 1500s–1600s twiting, 1500s– twitting.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: twit v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < twit v. + -ing suffix1.
1. The action or fact of censuring, reproaching, or upbraiding a person, activity, etc., esp. in a good-humoured or teasing way; teasing, taunting. Also: an instance of this; a taunt, a jibe.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > reproach > [noun]
edwitc825
onsawOE
teenOE
upbrixlec1175
lasting?c1225
upbrud?c1225
upbraidc1275
upbraidingc1275
upbraidinga1300
umbraidc1330
atwiting1340
reprocec1350
reprocingc1350
reprucec1350
again-chidinga1382
brixlinga1400
reproachc1405
edwitinga1425
rebukec1454
forwitting1481
improperation1502
outbraiding1509
exprobration1526
checking1535
impropery1542
reproaching1542
braiding1552
improbation1556
taunting1563
twitting1565
upbraying1585
reproachmentc1592
umbraiding1597
monishment1896
1565 T. Harding Confut. Apol. Church of Eng. iii. vi. f. 149 These Defenders be like in conditions to..Scoldes. Whose propertie is..to..most commonly requitte a frendly warning with bitter twiting of the same vice, they were warned of.
1592 A. Day 2nd Pt. Eng. Secretorie sig. H2v, in Eng. Secretorie (rev. ed.) Tush pedegree, pedegree, here is nothing with you in hand but twitting with pedegree.
a1614 D. Dyke Sixe Evangelical Hist. (1617) 277 Withall here is a secret twitting of the woman, with her vnkindnes, in denying him water.
1686 F. Spence tr. C. de Saint-Évremond Miscellanea 10 The French must take that twitting very kindly from them.
1774 A. Gib Present Truth II. App. iii. 370 It next turns upon a twitting of the Synod over and over, by an argumentum ad hominem.
1852 J. D. Canning Harp & Plow 155 To have less wordy war, Less blazonry, billingsgate, twitting, and pun.
1891 E. Gosse Gossip in Library xiv. 175 The only rough thing he ever did was the result of one such twitting.
1967 Jrnl. Mod. Hist. 39 204/2 It is peppered with the wry digs, gentle twittings, and ironies that characterize so much of recent American history and fiction.
2005 Toronto Star (Nexis) 13 Mar. d6 The spirit of the enterprise is unflinching self-consciousness..and playful twitting of such bookish conventions as tables of contents and acknowledgement pages.
2. The action of revealing something by indiscreet talk; blabbing. Cf. twit v. 2. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > information > rumour > [noun] > tale-bearing
murmurationc1485
tattling1547
talebearing1571
by-babbling1614
twittinga1643
gossiping1712
gossipry1818
gossipred1828
a1643 W. Cartwright Ordinary (1651) iv. iv. 68 D'y' think I would undo me self by twitting?.. I'm faithfull, And secret, though a Barber.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

twittingadj.

Brit. /ˈtwɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈtwɪdɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: twit v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < twit v. + -ing suffix2. Compare earlier twittingly adv.
That twits or taunts; reproachful, censorious; mocking, teasing.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > [adjective]
gamelyOE
hathfula1250
scornfula1400
hathlya1425
mockisha1513
mockinga1529
mowinga1529
deriding1530
hethingfulc1540
bourding1552
make-sport1582
frumping1587
yarking1593
jerking1596
bobbing1605
derident1609
buffoonizing1611
scoptical?1611
scommatizing1613
derisory1618
ridiculous1622
ludibriousa1643
frumpish1647
twitting1655
derisivea1662
derisorious1664
scoptic1670
ridiculing1684
derisionarya1704
mockful1754
irrisory1846
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > dispraise or discommendation > [adjective] > censuring or condemning
censorious1536
judging1546
controlling1564
condemnatory1570
convictory1576
censorical1589
censorial1592
censurious1604
censuringa1616
condemning1642
reprobating1645
outbraiding1655
twitting1655
reprobatory1657
perstrictive1659
damnatory1682
reprobative1785
1655 F. G. tr. ‘G. de Scudéry’ Artamenes IV. vii. iii. 176 A twitting kind of jest.
a1876 T. Aird Poet. Wks. (1878) i. vii. 225 Why do you name it? You had better tell me too, with twitting tongue,..The man I hate Has robbed me of my love!
1956 Poetry 87 242 There is also, at one point, a twitting note, regarding certain Dial policies of the earlier years.
1977 Washington Post 23 Jan. g5/3 This twitting reference to Philadelphia's image problem is being made in..the city's Convention and Visitors Bureau.
2002 N. Lamm Seventy Faces II. x. 275 Forgive me for daring to disturb the eternal and infinite and endless cry of anguish..with twitting and wayward words.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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