twiggy
pronunciation
How to pronounce twiggy in British English:
UK ['twɪgɪ]
How to pronounce twiggy in American English:
US ['twɪgɪ]
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- Adjective:
- resembling a twig
Word Origin
- twiggy (adj.)
- "slender," 1560s, from twig + -y (2). The famous 1960s English model was born Lesley Hornby (1949). The older adjectival form was twiggen "made of twigs" (1540s).
Example
- 1. Twiggy , a star of the 1960s , was a factory worker 's daughter .
- 2. The james jeans twiggy jean is the skinny jean perfected .
- 3. We hung a large twiggy branch from the ceiling , and I made birds out of plant-dyed wool roving .
- 4. The branch canula resembled as the main canula in the pathological changes , but observation effect was affected by extensive degree of the twiggy canula in the pathological changes .