twiny

adj — 3 senses

twiny

adj

/ˈtwaɪni/

Etymology From twine + -y.

1

Tending to twine; twisting around.

  • a plant with a twiny stem
2

Made of twine; having the appearance of twine.

  • And so one may re-read 'Epithalamion', observing that to put off bleached linen and woven woolwear and twiny boots is (even if comic) to shuffle off this mortal coil[…]1973, Winifred Nowottny -, Hopkins's Language of Prayer & Praise, page 9:
3

UK, Archaic, Dialectal fretful; uneasy

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