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twitchety, a.|ˈtwɪtʃɪtɪ|
Also twitchetty.
[f. twitch v.1 or n.1 + -et + -y1, perh. after crotchety, fidgety, etc.]
Twitchy, nervous; of things, moving back and forth.
1859Hotten Dict. Slang, Twitchetty, nervous, fidgetty. 1936W. Greene Death in Deep South iii. 214 When I heard the buzzer, I wuz' mos' asleep and I wait two three minutes... It didn't ring again, but I git up anyways and look at the elevator and see where Number One gone twitchety. 1973Nature 28 Sept. 225/3 Variables are, apparently, pulsating, eruptive, symbiotic, eclipsing or twitchety. |