Twiggy

Twig·gy  (twg) Originally Lesley Hornby. Born 1949.

British model who epitomized the ultrathin look popular from 1966 to 1976.

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twig·gy  (twg)

adj. twig·gi·er, twig·gi·est

1. Resembling a twig or twigs, as in slenderness or fragility.

2. Abounding in twigs: a twiggy branch.

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twiggy [ˈtwɪgɪ]

adj -gier, -giest

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) of or relating to a twig or twigs

2. covered with twigs

3. slender or fragile

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

twiggy - thin as a twig                       twiglike lean, thin - lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare

Translations

twiggy

adj

tree etc → voller Zweige

(= very slim) girl (= gertenschlank)