twithought

plural twithoughts · alternative twi-thought

1. A vague, uncertain, or indistinct thought; a doubt.

   Beatrice thought she caught the twithought that pierced through his words.

   1947, Robert Briffault, New life of Mr. Martin - Page 230

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   Especially are they needed by the pedestalled woman in her conflict with the natural. Diana saw herself through the haze she conjured up. 'Am I worse than other women?' was a piercing twithought.

   1910, George Meredith, The works of George Meredith - Volume 16 - Page 275

   Soon her mind was full of twi-thoughts. Before she could even mutter a hello the boy left to join his friends.

   2008, My Family, http://www.deliverancenow.info/WordsDance/Stories/Archive/Challenge_16.htm

   My head is filled with twi-thoughts these days, and all are variations on a single theme: that word I've forgotten, the one flitting around somewhere in the back of my head, teasing my lips and not quite coming close enough to remember.

   2008, Ammon Shea, Reading the OED

alternative twi-thought

1. not comparableTwice thought.

   [...] "Her musings fierily brushed her cheeks," "so brawnily larcenous," "sovereignly" "twi-thought."

   1913, University of Calcutta, Calcutta review - Volume 1 - Page 282