Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

twitten

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: twit-ten
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a narrow path between two walls or hedges, especially on hills. For example, small alleyways leading between two buildings to courtyards, streets, or open areas behind.

Example Sentences

"1892: "A Peep Into the Past": Brighton in the Olden Time, with Glances at the Present by John George Bishop Separated from the Brewery by the narrow twitten running into Ship-street was "THE CRICKETERS""
"On her rounds, she preferred to walk around Lewes via the twittens, the steep high-walled alleyways that ran betwixt and between the old buildings of the town."

Etymology

Corruption of betwixt and between. Alternatively: derived from Low German "twiete" (alley)

Inflected Forms

twittens (plural) twitchel (alternative) twister (alternative)

Synonyms

alley

Rhymes With

written britain bitten rewritten smitten briton britten mitten litten sitten shitten glitten

Questions

What does twitten mean?: a narrow path between two walls or hedges, especially on hills. For example, small alleyways leading between two buildings to courtyards, streets, or open areas behind.
Where does twitten come from?: Corruption of betwixt and between. Alternatively: derived from Low German "twiete" (alley)

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