"tweedy" meaning in English

See tweedy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: tweedier [comparative], tweediest [superlative]
Etymology: tweed + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|tweed|y}} tweed + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} tweedy (comparative tweedier, superlative tweediest)
  1. (of clothing) made of tweed, or having a similar rough texture Translations (made of tweed or having similar texture): tweedkankainen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-tweedy-en-adj-T4zc2dbY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 28 6 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 53 27 19 Disambiguation of 'made of tweed or having similar texture': 85 14 1
  2. (of a person) wearing tweed clothing Translations (wearing tweed clothing): tweedistä pitävä (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-tweedy-en-adj-hdhMUr~k Disambiguation of 'wearing tweed clothing': 11 88 1
  3. (of a person) preppy
    Sense id: en-tweedy-en-adj-dyEtzSJ2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for tweedy meaning in English (1.6kB)

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