tweedy

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adjective

Made of tweed, or having a similar rough texture.

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homespunnubbynubblyslubbedroughunsmoothupper-class
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Meanings

tweedy1

adjectivetweedy (comparative tweedier, superlative tweediest)

comparative tweedier · superlative tweediest

  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.

    1988 May 6, Michael Miner, “"Chicago Times" Reaches for the Cutting Edge; Nicole Drieske Goes Public; Harry Golden”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 01 Dec 2020
  2. Wearing tweed clothing.
  3. Preppy.

Tweedy2

proper nounTweedy (plural Tweedys)

plural Tweedys

  1. A surname.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveof textiles; having a rough surface

Similar
homespunnubbynubblyslubbedroughunsmooth

adjective(of country gentry) informal, clannish and outdoorsy

Similar
upper-class
Also see
homespunnubblynubbyupper-class

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From tweed + -y.

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Translations

Finnish tweedkankainen, tweedistä pitävä
  • tweedkankainenmade of tweed or having similar texture
  • tweedistä pitäväwearing tweed clothing
Cite this entry
APA

tweedy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tweedy

MLA

“tweedy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tweedy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tweedy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tweedy.

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