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tweer

tweer is the comparative form of twee.

tweer is the alternative spelling of tuyere.

Meaning of twee

Adjective

twee (comparative more twee or tweer, superlative most twee or tweest)

  1. (Ireland, UK, derogatory) Overly quaint, dainty, cute or nice.
    • Those Beatrix Potter animals are a little twee for my taste.

Meaning of tuyere

Noun

tuyere (plural tuyeres)

  1. A nozzle or similar fixture through which the blast is delivered to the interior of a blast furnace, or to the fire of a forge
    • Remains of a clay tuyere are present through which the blast was conducted into the furnace.1957, H.R. Schubert, History of the British Iron and Steel Industry, page 21
    Synonyms:
    tue-iron, twire-pipe

Forms of tweer

pluraltweers

Origin of tweer

From twee + -er.

Questions about tweer

What is tweer the comparative form of?
Tweer is the comparative form of twee.

Words near tweer in the dictionary

  1. tweep
  2. tweeped
  3. tweeping
  4. tweeple
  5. tweeps
  6. tweer
  7. tweers
  8. tweese
  9. tweeses
  10. tweest
  11. tweet

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: tweer (page history and authors); twee (page history and authors); tuyere (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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