twiggy

[twig-ee]

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adjective, twig·gi·er, twig·gi·est.

of, relating to, or resembling twigs.

full of twigs.

Origin of twiggy

First recorded in 1555–65; twig¹ + -y¹

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Related Words for twiggy

attenuate, beanpole, cadaverous, emaciated, ethereal, fragile, gangling, gangly, gaunt, haggard, lank, lanky, lean, lightweight, peaked, pole, puny, rangy, rarefied, rawboned

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Contemporary Examples of twiggy

Befittingly, Entertainment Weekly has styled Dunham as 60s supermodel Twiggy for their 2012 Entertainers of the Year photo shoot.
Kate Upton Lands Second Vogue Cover; Lena Dunham Does Twiggy
The Fashion Beast Team
December 6, 2012

Historical Examples of twiggy

No, sir; only that some of the shoots are big and strong, and some are little and twiggy.
Brownsmith's Boy
George Manville Fenn
This is a dwarf, spreading, twiggy bush, of fully a yard high.
Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs
A. D. Webster
The tree is small, spreading into a compact though irregular head of twiggy, slender branches.
Trees Worth Knowing
Julia Ellen Rogers
The great branches stand off nearly at right angles to the trunk, and are bushy and twiggy at the ends.
Cornell Nature-Study Leaflets
Various
It is a good subject for the drier parts of rockwork, where a twiggy branch should be secured, which it will soon cover.
Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers
John Wood

British Dictionary definitions for twiggy

twiggy

adjective -gier or -giest

of or relating to a twig or twigs

covered with twigs

slender or fragile

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Word Origin and History for twiggy

adj.

"slender," 1560s, from twig + -y (2). The famous 1960s English model was born Lesley Hornby (1949).