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titivate

titivate

English

Alternative forms

tidivate
tiddivate
tittivate

Verb

titivate ‎(third-person singular simple present titivates, present participle titivating, simple past and past participle titivated)

To make small improvements or alterations to (one's appearance etc.); to add some finishing touches to.
- 1950, Mervyn Peake, Gormenghast
  Had she spent the best part of a day in titivating herself in order that she might sit plunged in darkness, with nothing but her feet and her nose revealed?

Derived terms

titivation
titivator

Translations

to make small improvements to

Bulgarian: украсявам се, спретвам се
Finnish: huolitella (fi), viimeistellä (fi); (colloquial) huosia, pyntätä, tällätä (fi), hiplata (fi)
French: pomponner (fr)

German: schniedeln
Japanese: しゃれる
Russian: наряжа́ть (ru) ‎(narjažátʹ), наряжаться (ru) ‎(narjažatʹsja), прихорашивать (ru) ‎(prixorašivatʹ), прихорашиваться (ru) ‎(prixorašivatʹsja)
Spanish: arreglar (es), afeitar (es), adornar (es), vestirse de gala