TWEEDINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tweediness mean? 

• TWEEDINESS (noun)
  The noun TWEEDINESS has 2 senses:

1. looseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth)

2. an informal, homely, outdoor look characteristic of those who wear tweeds

  Familiarity information: TWEEDINESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TWEEDINESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Looseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

coarseness; nubbiness; tweediness

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)

Sense 2

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)