Category:Twit

Twit, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Twitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Twitting.] Etym: [oe. atwiten, as. ætwitan to reproach, blame; æt at + witan to Reproach, blame; originally, to observe, see, hence, to observe what Is wrong (cf. the meanings of e. animadvert; akin to g. verweisen to Censure, ohg. firwizan, goth. traweitan to avenge, l. videre to see. See vision, wit.]

Defn: to vex by bringing to notice, or reminding of, a fault, defect, Misfortune, or the like; to revile; to reproach; to upbraid; to Taunt; as, he twitted his friend of falsehood. This these scoffers twitted the christian with. Tillotson. Æsop minds men of their errors, without twitting them for what is Amiss. L'estrange.