Atwitter

//əˈtwɪtɚ// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1
twittering not-comparable, postpositional
2
nervously excited not-comparable, postpositional
"I had lumbered into the kitchen, taste buds a-twitter with expectation, planning to make my “breakfast of champions” […]."

Synonyms

agog aroused bursting carried away ebullient effervescent

Example

"I had lumbered into the kitchen, taste buds a-twitter with expectation, planning to make my “breakfast of champions” […]."

Etymology

From a- + twitter.

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