tweedy
Like country professors
Tweedy describes something resembling or characteristic of tweed—the coarse, textured woolen fabric.
The word often evokes a particular aesthetic: academic, outdoorsy, or British country gentry.
A tweedy professor wears elbow patches and smokes a pipe.
A tweedy look suggests comfortable intellectualism over urban polish: the tweedy atmosphere of a New England college town.
Semiformal tailored jacket
- cardiganFront-opening knitted garment
- vestSleeveless upper-body garment
- broguesPerforated leather dress shoes
- corduroyRidged cotton textile
argyle · plaid · tailored · heritage · preppy · vintage · sartorial · dapper
Befitting an academic lecturer
- scholarlyMarked by serious learning
- intellectualConcerning thought and reason
- donnishScholarly and formal
- bookishDevoted to reading
lecturer · erudite · bespectacled · ivory-tower · oxford · tenured · rumpled · absentminded
V-shaped diagonal weave
weave · textile · cashmere · merino · glen plaid · tartan · bouclé · knit
Of the countryside
- pastoralOf countryside or clergy care
- bucolicIdyllically rural
- countrysideRural area beyond towns
- landedCame to rest
hunting · shooting · fishing · equestrian · estate · manor · aristocratic · field sports
blazer
Semiformal tailored jacket
- cardiganFront-opening knitted garment
- vestSleeveless upper-body garment
- broguesPerforated leather dress shoes
corduroy · argyle · plaid · tailored · heritage · preppy · vintage · sartorial · dapper · knitwear
professorial
Befitting an academic lecturer
- scholarlyMarked by serious learning
- intellectualConcerning thought and reason
- donnishScholarly and formal
bookish · lecturer · erudite · bespectacled · ivory-tower · oxford · tenured · rumpled · absentminded
herringbone
V-shaped diagonal weave
flannel · weave · textile · cashmere · merino · glen plaid · tartan · bouclé · knit · jersey
rural
Of the countryside
- pastoralOf countryside or clergy care
- bucolicIdyllically rural
- countrysideRural area beyond towns
landed · hunting · shooting · fishing · equestrian · estate · manor · aristocratic · field sports · hounds
coarse
Rough in texture
textured · bristly · prickly · thick · stiff · woven · flecked · speckled · rugged · homespun
tweedyworking-class
Manual laborers as group
lower-class · low-class · proletarian · middle-class · flashy
- tweed jacketWoven wool outerwear
- tweed suitWoolen two-piece garment
- tweed capWoven wool headpiece
- Irish tweedHandwoven wool from Ireland
- Scottish tweedWoven wool from Britain's north