tweedy

[twee-dee]

adjective

tweedier, tweediest 

1. made of or resembling tweed, as in texture, appearance, or the like.

2. wearing or favoring tweeds, especially as a mark of a casual, sporty, or intellectual way of life, as at college or in the country.

   a tweedy sportswoman.

3. accustomed to, preferring, or characterized by the wearing of tweeds, as in genteel country life or academia.

   a large and tweedy colony of civil servants and government officials.

tweedy

/ ˈtwiːdɪ /

adjective

1. of, made of, or resembling tweed

2. showing a fondness for a hearty outdoor life, usually associated with wearers of tweeds

Other Word Forms

• tweediness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of tweedy¹

First recorded in 1910–15; tweed + -y ¹

Example Sentences

Yet quibbling would seem as tweedy as arguing that the film is peddling both nostalgia and anemoia — a longing for an era one never knew firsthand.

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In “Sherlock & Daughter,” Thewlis’ cranky, clipped performance spells out why so few venture to peel back the tweedy front he places between himself and everyone else.

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But it’s clear that the phenomenon is not just the tweedy concern of linguists.

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But his tweedy and serenely skeptical Beckett double pointedly inquires, “Whose forgiveness do you need the most?”

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Now I was on one of his tweedy shoulders.

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