twee
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twee
- /twiː/ UK
Rhymes with -iː
Where it comes from
From a childish pronunciation of sweet. The Oxford English Dictionary records the first use in 1905 in Punch.
adjective more twee · tweer · most twee · tweest
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Overly quaint, dainty, cute or nice.
Those Beatrix Potter animals are a little twee for my taste.
Similar: cutesy, precious, saccharine, syrupy
noun
- Ellipsis of twee pop Even the wider world got its doses of twee sound, from the fluffy pop of Aztec Camera to the stylish bounce of the Railway Children.
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