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• a variation of titivate.

tittivate

American  

[tit-uh-veyt] / ˈtɪt əˌveɪt /

verb (used with or without object)

tittivated, tittivating

1. titivate.

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tittivate British  

/ ˈtɪtɪˌveɪt /

verb

1. a less common spelling of titivate

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Other Word Forms

• tittivation
  noun
• tittivator
  noun

Example Sentences

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tittivate tittivated tittivating

They hold up to the light, they tittivate, they muse and they adorn.

From Experiences of a Dug-out, 1914-1918 by Sir C. E. (Charles Edward) Callwell

If they excused her for half a second this would give her sufficient space to tittivate and smarten up.

From Love at Paddington by W. Pett (William Pett) Ridge

Chaplin unfortunately has slurred this passage in his version, and Pope tittivated it more than usual in his.

From Among My Books Second Series by James Russell Lowell

It was tittivated up with a touch of lavender and yellow round the door and round the decorated wooden eaving.

From The Lost Girl by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

Trim, tittivated, tintinnabulant, His bosom aped the true Parnassian pant, As may a housemaid's leathern bellows mock The rock—whelmed Titan's breathings.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, October 22, 1892 by Various

Having finished this second fry, she tipped the cooked eggs on to the dish, and swept the youngsters off to be tittivated.

From Nicky-Nan, Reservist by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

Her mistress, tittivating the ribbons, ignored the question.

From Hocken and Hunken by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

There, there; you children think of nothing but pushing and patting and tittivating.

From The Hound From The North by Charles Livingston Bull

"Nay, Bessie, I's been thrang as Throp wife, cleaning and tittivating."

From A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time by Sir Hall Caine