What is Twitterpatted?
adjective Informal. excited or overcome by romantic feelings; smitten.
Who said Twitterpated?
Friend Owl
Friend Owl : Why, don’t you know? They’re twitterpated. Flower , Thumper , Bambi : Twitterpated?
How do you use Twitterpated in a sentence?
1North American informal Infatuated or obsessed.
- ‘Gus is still hopelessly twitterpated by Lee’
- ‘smiling into each other’s eyes, a seemingly twitterpated couple glided past’
- ‘The two talk for a bit and immediately become twitterpated.
- ‘The person you’re all twitterpated over could turn out to be a jerk.
Was Thumper Twitterpated?
They’re twitterpated. Flower, Bambi, Thumper: Twitterpated? Friend Owl: Yes. Nearly everybody gets twitterpated in the springtime.
Where did the term Twitterpated come from?
Etymology. twitter + pated, i.e., having one’s pate (“head”) in a twitter (confused). First used in the Disney movie Bambi (1942).
Is the word Twitterpated from Bambi?
We can be certain of the date because “twitterpated” is a word invented by the scriptwriters responsible for the classic Walt Disney full-length cartoon “Bambi,” which appeared in 1942.
What is another word for Twitterpated?
What is another word for twitterpated?
| enamouredUK | besotted with |
|---|---|
| bewitched | smitten |
| charmed | infatuated |
| besotted | beguiled |
| spellbound | fascinated |
When was Twitterpated first used?
1942
Popularized by the 1942 animated film Bambi (compare quot. 19421 at sense 1).
Where does the word smitten come from?
It derives from the Middle English word smiten and is related to several Germanic words, like the Old High German smīzan, “to smear,” and the German schmeissen, “to throw.” Smitten is the past participle of smite is the exact same way that bitten is the past participle of bite.