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tweediness

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tweed⋅y

[twee-dee]
–adjective, tweed⋅i⋅er, tweed⋅i⋅est.
1. made of or resembling tweed, as in texture, appearance, or the like.
2. wearing or favoring tweeds, esp. 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.

Origin:
1910–15; tweed + -y 1


tweed⋅i⋅ness, noun
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tweediness

noun
1. looseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth) [syn: coarseness
2. an informal, homely, outdoor look characteristic of those who wear tweeds 
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