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TWEEDINESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An informal, homely, outdoor look characteristic of those who wear tweeds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("tweediness" is a kind of...):
inelegance (the quality of lacking refinement and good taste)
Derivation:
tweedy ((of country gentry) informal, clannish and outdoorsy)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Looseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth)
Synonyms:
coarseness; nubbiness; tweediness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("tweediness" is a kind of...):
raggedness; roughness (a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven)
Derivation:
tweedy (of textiles; having a rough surface)
