TWEEDINESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)

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)