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twiddlesome en · ADJ

Etymology

From twiddle + -some.

Meanings

1. Charactersied or marked by twiddling; trifling
   • Our physical anthropologists are keeping up with the twiddlesome technology of the physicists and chemists, while sticking to their own lasts. 1977, Annual Review of Anthropology, volume 6, page 9:
   • But it’s doomed, alas, like all attempts to hypnotise the play-goer with twiddlesome tricks. 2012, Lloyd Evans, There will be blood:

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