twiddlesome

English

Etymology

From twiddle +‎ -some.

Adjective

twiddlesome (comparative more twiddlesome, superlative most twiddlesome)

  1. Charactersied or marked by twiddling; trifling
    • 1977, Annual Review of Anthropology, volume 6, page 9:
      Our physical anthropologists are keeping up with the twiddlesome technology of the physicists and chemists, while sticking to their own lasts.
    • 2012, Lloyd Evans, There will be blood‎:
      But it’s doomed, alas, like all attempts to hypnotise the play-goer with twiddlesome tricks.
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