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twig⋅gy

[twig-ee]
–adjective, -gi⋅er, -gi⋅est.
1. of, pertaining to, or resembling twigs.
2. full of twigs.

Origin:
1555–65; twig 1 + -y 1
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twig·gy   (twĭg'ē)   
adj.   twig·gi·er, twig·gi·est
  1. Resembling a twig or twigs, as in slenderness or fragility.

  2. Abounding in twigs: a twiggy branch.

Twig·gy   (twĭg'ē)   
British model who epitomized the ultrathin look popular from 1966 to 1976.
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