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tweedy

[ twee-dee ]

adjective

tweedier, tweediest.
  1. made of or resembling tweed, as in texture, appearance, or the like.
  2. wearing or favoring tweeds, especially as a mark of a casual, sporty, or intellectual way of life, as at college or in the country:

    a tweedy sportswoman.

  3. accustomed to, preferring, or characterized by the wearing of tweeds, as in genteel country life or academia:

    a large and tweedy colony of civil servants and government officials.



tweedy

/ ˈ³Ù·É¾±Ë»åɪ /

adjective

  1. of, made of, or resembling tweed
  2. showing a fondness for a hearty outdoor life, usually associated with wearers of tweeds
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ³Ù·É±ð±ð»å¾±²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³Ù·É±ð±ð»åi·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tweedy1

First recorded in 1910–15; tweed + -y 1
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Example Sentences

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But it’s clear that the phenomenon is not just the tweedy concern of linguists.

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But his tweedy and serenely skeptical Beckett double pointedly inquires, “Whose forgiveness do you need the most?â€

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Now I was on one of his tweedy shoulders.

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Star professors were either master thinkers introducing new rigor and glamour into a tweedy profession gone stale, or theory-addled tenured radicals taking a hatchet to the masterpieces of Western culture.

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At the time, I seemed to be a youngish, tweedy English professor.

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