Tweedy

adj, name

adj, name ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Made of tweed, or having a similar rough texture.

    "We all sat in stuffy classrooms and had men in tweedy sportscoats ruin our afternoons."

  2. 2
    Wearing tweed clothing.
  3. 3
    Preppy.
Adjective
  1. 1
    (of country gentry) informal, clannish and outdoorsy wordnet
  2. 2
    of textiles; having a rough surface wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Synonyms

All synonyms
homespunnubblynubbyslubbedslubbedupper class

Example

More examples

"Wonder why he was struck off the rolls. Had his office in Hume street. Same house as Molly’s namesake, Tweedy, crown solicitor for Waterford."

Etymology

From tweed + -y.

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