twittish

twittish
Ⅰ.
twit [1] NOUN informal, chiefly Brit. a silly or foolish person.
DERIVATIVES twittish adjective.
ORIGIN originally dialect in the sense «tale-bearer».
Ⅱ.
twit [2] VERB (twitted, twitting) informal tease good-humouredly.
ORIGIN Old English, «reproach with».

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