Word.ws English Dictionary

twey

twey is the archaic form of two.

Meaning of two

Numeral

two

  1. A numerical value equal to 2; the number following one and preceding three.
    • Venters began to count them—one—two—three—four—on up to sixteen.1912 January, Zane Grey, chapter 8, in Riders of the Purple Sage […], New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC
  2. Describing a set or group with two elements.
    • “[…]The two murders might have been done by one of the ryots who was dissatisfied over his assessment and thought he had a grievance. […].”1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 5, in Pulling the Strings

See all 8 meanings of two

Questions about twey

What is twey the archaic form of?
Twey is the archaic form of two.

Words near twey in the dictionary

  1. Twerskys
  2. Twerton
  3. Tweten
  4. Twetens
  5. twetiquette
  6. twey
  7. TWH
  8. TWI
  9. twi-
  10. twi-colored
  11. twi-coloured

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: twey (page history and authors); two (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “twey.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/twey. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.