tweague
/twiːɡ/
tweague noun: doubt, perplexity; a troubled or distressed condition. Also the obsolete form of tweak.
Noun
tweague
- Doubt, perplexity; a troubled or distressed condition.
- This puts the young Gentlewoman into ſuch a Tweague, that ſhe can do nothing all Day, nor ſleep at Night, for dreaming of the conjuring Man: And in the Morning, leaves for Devotion, to conſult Taurus and Gemini: and finds her Sweet-heart ſo accurately deſcribed, as if he had conſulted with the...1710, Ned Ward, The Whole Pleasures of Matrimony, London: Tho. Norris, page 18
- I fancy this put the Old Fellow in a rare Tweag.1712, John Arbuthnot, John Bull Still in His Senses, London: John Morphew, page 25
Also used as
tweague is also the obsolete form of tweak.
Forms of tweague
| alternative form | tweag |
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Origin of tweague
Derived from tweak.
Words that rhyme with tweague
Questions about tweague
- What does tweague mean?
- Tweague means doubt, perplexity; a troubled or distressed condition.
- What part of speech is tweague?
- Tweague is a noun.
- How do you pronounce tweague?
- Tweague is pronounced /twiːɡ/.
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