twitterationn.
/ˌtwɪtəˈreɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌtwɪdəˈreɪʃ(ə)n/ colloquial. Now somewhat rare.
1. A state of nervous excitement or agitation; anxiety, perturbation. Cf. twitter n.3 1.
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the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > [noun]
fever1340
motiona1398
quotidian?a1439
rufflea1535
commotion1581
fret1582
hurry1600
puddering1603
tumultuousnessa1617
trepidation1625
feverishness1638
boilingc1660
fermentationc1660
tumult1663
ferment1672
stickle1681
fuss1705
whirl1707
flurry1710
sweat1715
fluster1728
pucker1740
flutter1741
flustration1747
flutteration1753
tremor1753
swithera1768
twitteration1775
state1781
stew1806
scrow1808
tumultuating1815
flurrification1822
tew1825
purr1842
pirr1856
tête montée1859
go1866
faff1874
poultry flutter1876
palaver1878
thirl1879
razzle-dazzle1885
nervism1887
flurry-scurry1888
fikiness1889
foment1889
dither1891
swivet1892
flusterment1895
tither1896
overwroughtness1923
mania1925
stumer1932
tizzy1935
two and eight1938
snit1939
tizz1953
tiswas1960
wahala1966
the mind > emotion > fear > apprehension > [noun] > state of trepidation
flighta1535
trepidation1625
twitter1653
trepidity1721
twitteration1775
trepidancy1840
twit1891
swivet1892
flat spin1917
the mind > emotion > fear > physical symptoms of fear > [noun] > shudder or shuddering > state of tremulous agitation
flighta1535
trepidation1625
twitter1653
trepidity1721
twitteration1775
the shakes1837
trepidancy1840
1775 T. Bridges Dutchman ii. i. 27 I is so hurrified on your Account, Sir William, I is all on a Twitteration.
1820 G. Colman X.Y.Z. i. iii. 26 A female hand! bless me, I'm all over in a twitteration!
1855 T. C. Haliburton Nature & Human Nature II. ii. 50 I am so skared, Sam, I feel all over of a twitteration.
1889 Harvard Monthly Jan. 141 He's in a state of constant twitteration on my score, lest I go astray.
1996 G. Aiken Candy Kiss 233 You've worked yourself up into a twitteration, and you don't make sense!
2. The chirruping and warbling of birds; an instance of this. Cf. twitter n.3 2.
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the world > animals > birds > sound or bird defined by > [noun] > twitter or chirp > action of
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writelingc1275
jargoning?a1366
chitteringc1374
jargonc1386
chirpingc1440
chirming1481
garrulingc1550
chirruping1579
twittering1773
twitteration1805
chippering1879
1805 H. Summersett Happy at Last i. 2 The corn do look so purely, the trees be so green and the birds so full of twitteration, that it do a body's heart good to gape at 'em.
1872 C. D. Warner Saunterings 217 The birds are just beginning to get up a spring twitteration.
1980 Gazette (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) 22 May 6 a/3 'Tis the time of year..when twitteration arouses expectations; when that big guy in the sky turns brown to green, glaciers to lakes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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