twee

twee

T0432850 (twē)adj. Chiefly British Overly precious or nice.

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[Alteration of tweet, baby-talk alteration of sweet.]

twee

(twiː) adjBrit excessively sentimental, sweet, or pretty[C19: from tweet, mincing or affected pronunciation of sweet] ˈtweely adv ˈtweeness n

twee

(twi)

adj. affectedly dainty or elegant. [1900–05; appar. reduced from tweet (perhaps via pronoun twiˀ), mimicking child's pronoun of sweet] twee′ness, n.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

twee - affectedly dainty or refined dainty, mincing, niminy-piminy, primrefined - (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel; "she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship"; "refined people with refined taste"

twee

adjective (Informal)1. sweet, pretty, cute, sentimental, quaint, dainty, cutesy (informal, chiefly U.S.), bijou, precious twee musical boxes shaped like cottages2. sentimental, over-sentimental, soppy (Brit. informal), mawkish, affected, precious Although twee at times, the script is well-constructed.

Translations

delicatuccio