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twit

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Twit  \Twit\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Twitted};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Twitting}.]  [OE.  atwiten,  AS  [ae]tw[=i]tan  to  reproach, 
  blame;  [ae]t  at  +  w[=i]tan  to  reproach,  blame;  originally,  to 
  observe,  see  hence  to  observe  what  is  wrong  (cf.  the 
  meanings  of  E.  animadvert;  akin  to  G.  verweisen  to  censure, 
  OHG.  firw[=i]zan,  Goth.  traweitan  to  avenge,  L.  videre  to 
  see  See  {Vision},  {Wit}.] 
  To  vex  by  bringing  to  notice,  or  reminding  of  a  fault, 
  defect,  misfortune,  or  the  like  to  revile;  to  reproach;  to 
  upbraid;  to  taunt;  as  he  twitted  his  friend  of  falsehood. 
 
  This  these  scoffers  twitted  the  Christian  with 
  --Tillotson. 
 
  [AE]sop  minds  men  of  their  errors,  without  twitting 
  them  for  what  is  amiss.  --L'Estrange. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  twit 
  n  :  someone  who  is  regarded  as  contemptible  [syn:  {twerp},  {twirp}] 
  v  :  harass  with  persistent  criticism  or  carping;  "The  children 
  teased  the  new  teacher";  "Don't  ride  me  so  hard  over  my 
  failure"  [syn:  {tease},  {rag},  {cod},  {tantalize},  {bait}, 
  {taunt},  {rally},  {ride}]




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