twiny

English

Etymology

From twine +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtwaɪni/

Adjective

twiny (comparative more twiny, superlative most twiny)

1. Tending to twine; twisting around.

   a plant with a twiny stem

2. Made of twine; having the appearance of twine.
   • 1973, Winifred Nowottny -, Hopkins's Language of Prayer & Praise‎^[1], page 9:

     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 […]

3. (UK, North Country, dialect, archaic) fretful; uneasy

References

• John Trotter Brockett (1825) A glossary of North country words, in use, page 223