How to pronounce“twit”in English
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Definitions of “twit”
To blame or reproach (someone), especially in a good-natured or teasing manner; also, to ridicule or tease (someone).
“No man for deſpite, / By worde or by write / His felowe to twite, […]”
To criticize or disapprove of (something), especially in a good-natured or teasing manner.
“But in the Lovver Houſe ſome there vvere vvhich handled theſe things more tumultuouſly, namely, Bell and Monſon, great Lavvyers, Dutton, Paul VVentvvorth, and others, vvhich tvvitted the Authority of the Queen's Majeſty too much, […]”
A jibe, reproach, or taunt, especially one made in a good-natured or teasing manner.
“[T]he ſayd Thomas Hilles & this Reſpondent ſhevvyd the Frear Barons of certayne old Bookes that they had: as of iiij Evangeliſtes, and certayne Epiſtles of Peter & Poule in Engliſhe. VVhich Bookes the ſayd Frear dyd litle regard, and made a tvvyte of it, & ſayd, A poynt for them, for they be not to be regarded tovvard the nevv printed Teſtament in Engliſhe.”
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