titivate

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
12
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈtɪt.ɪ.veɪt/ (UK)
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/ˈtɪt.ɪ.veɪt/ (UK) · /ˈtɪt.ə.veɪt/ (UK)

Definition of titivate

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (transitive)To make small improvements or alterations to (one's appearance etc.); to add some finishing touches to, to spruce up or touch up.
    “Had she spent the best part of a day in titivating herself in order that she might sit plunged in darkness, with nothing but her feet and her nose revealed?”

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Etymology

A modification of the earlier spelling tidivate, perhaps based on tidy + -vate, on the pattern of words such as cultivate and renovate.

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