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tweeny en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈtwiːni/

Etymology

From 'tween + -y.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of tweenie.
    alt of tweenie
  2. A shot played between the legs; a tweener.
  3. (colloquial, historical) A between-maid.
    • Madame Eskimoff's tweeny had brought out tea and a gâteau, as well as a twelve-year-old Speyside malt and glasses. 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 259:
    • ‘You subscribed,’ Valentine said, ‘to purchase his library and presented it to his wife…who had nothing to eat but what my wages as a tweeny maid got for her.’ 1926, Ford Madox Ford, A Man Could Stand Up— (Parade's End), Penguin, published 2012, page 540:

Forms

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tweenies Number=Plur lexicographic

tweeny en · ADJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈtwiːni/

Etymology

From tween + -y.

Meanings

  1. Characteristic of a typical tween (a child not quite old enough to be a teenager).
    • throw the tweeniest, brattiest tantrum 2012 November 23, Andrew Hussie, Homestuck, archived from the original on 21 May 2022:
  2. Making movements similar to those of tweened animation.

Forms

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tweeniest Degree=Sup lexicographic
more tweeny Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most tweeny Degree=Sup lexicographic
tweenier Degree=Cmp lexicographic