te-whitint.

Forms: 1500s teuyt, 1600s– te-whit, 1700s tee-whit, 1600s– te-wit. Also reduplicated.

Origin: An imitative or expressive formation.

Etymology: Imitative. Compare later tweet int., twit int. Compare also tu-whit int.

Imitations of the cry of some birds.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > sound or bird defined by > [interjection] > imitation of call of bird

cockc1405

jug, jug1523

pewewea1525

te-whita1529

twit1602

sweet-sweet1606

weet-weet1808

weet1863

whee-oh1892

spink1898

tweet1992

a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Ciiii And howe styll she [sc. a hawk] dothe syt Teuyt teuyt, Where is my wyt.

1791 J. Wolcot Epist. to Ld. Lonsdale 110 Jove's bird..Turn Owl to cry Tee-whit in some old barn.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	te-whit
释义	te-whitint. Forms: 1500s teuyt, 1600s– te-whit, 1700s tee-whit, 1600s– te-wit. Also reduplicated. Origin: An imitative or expressive formation. Etymology: Imitative. Compare later tweet int., twit int. Compare also tu-whit int. Imitations of the cry of some birds. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > sound or bird defined by > [interjection] > imitation of call of bird cockc1405 jug, jug1523 pewewea1525 te-whita1529 twit1602 sweet-sweet1606 weet-weet1808 weet1863 whee-oh1892 spink1898 tweet1992 a1529 J. Skelton Magnyfycence (?1530) sig. Ciiii And howe styll she [sc. a hawk] dothe syt Teuyt teuyt, Where is my wyt. 1791 J. Wolcot Epist. to Ld. Lonsdale 110 Jove's bird..Turn Owl to cry Tee-whit in some old barn. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < int.a1529
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