twit-twat
English
editEtymology
editPossibly a clipping of twittle-twattle, influenced by twit (“(obsolete except Britain, dialectal) to be indiscreet, to gossip”).[1]
Noun
edit- (obsolete, also attributive) Synonym of twittle-twattle (“frivolous chatter or gossip; gabble, tattle”)
- (countable) (Can we verify(+) this sense?) The house sparrow.
References
edit- ^ “† twit-twat, adj. and n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, July 2023.