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Definition of Twiggy
1. Adjective. Thin as a twig.
Definition of Twiggy
1. a. Of or pertaining to a twig or twigs; like a twig or twigs; full of twigs; abounding with shoots.
Definition of Twiggy
1. Adjective. (context: of ground or a plant) Having many twigs. ¹
2. Adjective. (context: of a person) Thin and angular. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Twiggy
1. twiglike [adj -GIER, -GIEST] - See also: twiglike
Medical Definition of Twiggy
1. Of or pertaining to a twig or twigs; like a twig or twigs; full of twigs; abounding with shoots. " Twiggy trees." Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Twiggy
Literary usage of Twiggy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1854)
"Racemes loose, twiggy, few-flowered. Calyxes striated, glabrous, with the nerves
somewhat violaceous. Sepals acute. (Don's Mill., ip 312. ..."
2. A Flora of Western Middle California by Willis Linn Jepson (1901)
"long, serrulate as in the last, but the teeth narrower and often salient, finely
twiggy; leaves narrowly or broadly ovate to elliptic, 1 to 4 in. or else ..."
3. Trees and Shrubs: An Abridgment of the Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum by John Claudius Loudon (1875)
"Stems more slender, rambling, twiggy, and loose. Flowers solitary, or '2 or 3
together. a 9. P. LA'XUS Schrad. The \oose-growing Philadelphus, ..."
4. A Complete Dictionary of the English Language, Both with Regard to Sound and ...by Thomas Sheridan by Thomas Sheridan (1790)
"Made of twiggy, t*îg'-gy. a. Full of twigs. twigs. TWILIGHT, tftt-Им. f.
The dubious or faint iight before ..."
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