tittivate

[ tit-uh-veyt ]
/ ˈtɪt əˌveɪt /

verb (used with or without object), tit·ti·vat·ed, tit·ti·vat·ing.

titivate1.

OTHER WORDS FROM tittivate

tit·ti·va·tion, noun tit·ti·va·tor, noun

Words nearby tittivate

titre, titrimetric, tits and ass, titter, tittie, tittivate, tittle, tittle-tattle, tittup, titty, titubation

Definition for tittivate (2 of 2)

titivate 1

or tit·ti·vate

[ tit-uh-veyt ]
/ ˈtɪt əˌveɪt /

verb (used with object), tit·i·vat·ed, tit·i·vat·ing.

to make smart or spruce: She titivated her old dress with a new belt.

verb (used without object), tit·i·vat·ed, tit·i·vat·ing.

to make oneself smart or spruce.

Origin of titivate

1
1795–1805; earlier tidivate ( tidy + (ele)vate; i.e., tidy up)

OTHER WORDS FROM titivate

tit·i·va·tion, noun tit·i·va·tor, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for tittivate (1 of 2)

tittivate
/ (ˈtɪtɪˌveɪt) /

verb

a less common spelling of titivate

British Dictionary definitions for tittivate (2 of 2)

titivate

tittivate

/ (ˈtɪtɪˌveɪt) /

verb

to smarten up (oneself or another), as by making up, doing the hair, etc
(tr) to smarten up (a thing) to titivate a restaurant

Derived forms of titivate

titivation or tittivation, noun titivator or tittivator, noun

Word Origin for titivate

C19: earlier tidivate, perhaps based on tidy and cultivate