Adjective: tweedy (tweedier,tweediest) twee-dee
- Of textiles; having a rough surface
"a sweater knitted of nubbly tweedy yarns";
- homespun, nubby, nubbly, slubbed
- (of country gentry) informal, clannish and outdoorsy
"The tweedy professor looked right at home in the rural setting"
Derived forms: tweedier, tweediest
See also: posh [Brit, informal], rough, unsmooth, upper-class
Encyclopedia: Tweedy, George