chwit-chwat
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English whittie-whattie.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]chwit-chwat (feminine singular chwit-chwat, plural chwit-chwat, equative mor chwit-chwat, comparative mwy chwit-chwat, superlative mwyaf chwit-chwat, not mutable)
- fickle, flighty, vacillating, mercurial
- Synonyms: anwadal, cyfnewidiol, chwim-chwam, simsan
Noun
[edit]chwit-chwat m or f by sense (not mutable)
- frivolous person
- Synonym: penchwiban
Further reading
[edit]- D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “chwit-chwat”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “chwit-chwat”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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