Titivate Tih Tuh Vayt Verb Make Smarter Spruce Decorate Earlier

To make smarter; to spruce up; to decorate.

[From earlier tidivate, perhaps from tidy + elevate. The word titillate is from Latin titillare (to tickle).]

"[Karen Kilimnik's] journey has been marked by theatricality -- such as putting small, roughly painted pictures in a Venetian palazzo titivated with flowers and feathers." - Philippa Stockley; A Wacky Take on the 18th Century; Evening Standard (London, UK); Feb 21, 2007.