Tweediness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being tweedy. uncountable

    "He applied its dense tweediness to an essentially realist armature, maintaining a stylistic consistency that stands out here."

  2. 2
    an informal, homely, outdoor look characteristic of those who wear tweeds wordnet
  3. 3
    looseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth) wordnet

Synonyms

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coarsenesscoarsenessnubbiness

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"He applied its dense tweediness to an essentially realist armature, maintaining a stylistic consistency that stands out here."

Etymology

From tweedy + -ness.

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