atwinkle

English

Etymology

From a- +‎ twinkle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈtwɪŋkəl/
• Rhymes: -ɪŋkəl

Adjective

atwinkle (not comparable)

1. Twinkling.
   • 1906 August, Alfred Noyes, “The Highwayman”, in Poems, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., published October 1906, →OCLC, part 1, stanza II, page 46:

     And he rode with a jewelled twinkle, / His pistol butts a-twinkle, / His rapier hilt a-twinkle, under the jewelled sky.

   • 2008 June 16, John Harwood, “No Ordinary Candidates, No Typical Campaign”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Eyes atwinkle at age 71, he boasts skills rare in the Republican Party for waging guerrilla war with help from the news media.

Alternative forms

• a-twinkle