atwitter

English

Etymology

From a- +‎ twitter.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈtwɪtɚ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪtɚ

Adjective

atwitter (not comparable)

  1. (postpositive) twittering
  2. (postpositive) nervously excited
    • 1979 February 3, Nancy Walker, “Going Bananas”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 27, page 11:
      I had lumbered into the kitchen, taste buds a-twitter with expectation

Usage notes

Very often preceded by all, as in, "He was all atwitter".

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