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 Titian [Tiziano Vecellio].Tittle Tattle. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Tit’ivate (3 syl.).
 
To tidy up; to dress up; to set in order. “Titi” is a variant of tidy; and “vate” is an affix from the Latin vado (to go), meaning “to go and do something.”   1
 


 Titian [Tiziano Vecellio].Tittle Tattle. 

 
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