tawie

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adjective

Docile or tractable to the extent of allowing itself to be handled without complaint.

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Meanings

adjectivetawie (comparative more tawie, superlative most tawie)

comparative more tawie · superlative most tawie

  1. ScotlandDocile or tractable to the extent of allowing itself to be handled without complaint.

    18th c, Robert Burns, The Auld Farmer's New-Year Salutation to His Auld Mare, Maggie, 1959, Ralph Knight (editor), Songs and Poems of Robert Burns, page 124, Tho' ye was trickie, slee, an' funnie, / Ye ne'er was donsie; / But hamely, tawie, quiet, an' cannie, / An' unco sonsie.

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

tawie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tawie

MLA

“tawie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tawie. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tawie,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tawie.

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