Obs.–1 (In the first ed. spelt fritiniancy; the mod. Dicts. spell fritinancy.) [f. L. fritinnī-re to twitter + -ANCY.] Twittering.
1646. Sir T. Browne, Pseud. Ep., V. iii. 236. The note or fritiniancy [of the Cicada] is far more shrill then that of the Locust.
1656–81. Blount, Glossogr., Fritiniancy, Fritiniency.
