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Word entry · 4 letters

twee

Best crossword clue

"Too quaint"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /twiː/Part of speech adjectiveSorted eetwStarts with TEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. affectedly dainty or refined

Word origin

From a childish pronunciation of sweet. The Oxford English Dictionary records the first use in 1905 in Punch.

Used in a sentence

  • Those Beatrix Potter animals are a little twee for my taste.
  • Despite the fact that the designs were all a bit twee […] they stood out a mile in the market place at that time.
  • Forget the clichéd image of Brigadoon and shortbread tins, the dreadfully twee tartan tat and Celtic kitsch that, sadly, still exists in the 21st century, and is too often passed off as a genuine Highland experience.

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