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Definition 2024
titivate
titivate
English
Alternative forms
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?
- 1950, Mervyn Peake, Gormenghast
Derived terms
- titivation
- titivator
Translations
to make small improvements to