Twee Definition

twē
adjective
Affectedly clever, dainty, sweet, etc.
Webster's New World
Overly precious or nice.
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Origin of Twee

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

    From Wiktionary

  • Alteration of tweet baby-talk alteration of sweet

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Twee Sentence Examples

  • Am not good at slow walks to ice cream vans, lingering visits to twee villages or staring in estate agent windows.

  • Can ' it ' get much better than pleasantly twee Swedish indie?

  • These songs are beautiful, and underneath Isobel's twee, whispy voice, really quite dark.

  • These can sound very natural, very dark, very twee, or very sci fi.

  • Their live concerts included improvisation alongside their quirky, almost twee chamber rock.

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Words Starting With

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