titivate
verb (used with object)
to make smart or spruce.
titivation
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a word derived from
titivate.
Example Sentences
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Billington wrote that the play was a "gussied-up, semi-musicalised version" of the play, and had "fussy titivation".
From The Guardian ● Nov. 30, 2012
Not yet the consolation Of manicure and cream; Not yet the barber dresses Our dusty tousled tresses; The thought of titivation Is still a distant dream; Not yet the consolation Of manicure and cream.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, February 7, 1917 by Various
It ain't goin' to consoome a moment, however,—this yere titivation I plans; an' followin' said improvements we-all better pull off this play some prompt.
From Wolfville Nights by Alfred Henry Lewis
I hope my reply to Fitz may arrive in time to prevent too much titivation.
From Gallipoli Diary, Volume I by Sir Ian Hamilton
She is losing a large part of what Chesterfield calls the 'joy and titivation of youth.'
From Woman and the Republic — a Survey of the Woman-Suffrage Movement in the United States and a Discussion of the Claims and Arguments of Its Foremost Advocates by Helen Kendrick Johnson
