atwitter en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /əˈtwɪtɚ/
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English twitter English atwitter From a- + twitter.
Meanings
- (not-comparable, postpositional) twittering
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(not-comparable, postpositional) nervously excited
I had lumbered into the kitchen, taste buds a-twitter with expectation, planning to make my “breakfast of champions” […].
1979 February 3, Nancy Walker, “Going Bananas”, in [Boston] Gay Community News, volume 6, number 27, page 11: