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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tiddly suit

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.61 in modern English

Syllables
tid-dly -suit
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sailor's best uniform, often tailored and not strictly to regulation.

Etymology

Probably connected to tidy. Granville (1950) claims that it is "from tidy, influenced by titivate", while Jolly (2018) states that it "appears merely to be a whimsical corruption of tidily".

Inflected Forms

tiddly suits (plural) tiddley suit (alternative)

Questions

What does tiddly suit mean?
A sailor's best uniform, often tailored and not strictly to regulation.
Where does tiddly suit come from?
Probably connected to tidy. Granville (1950) claims that it is "from tidy, influenced by titivate", while Jolly (2018) states that it "appears merely to be a whimsical corruption of tidily".

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