Tweedled vs Tweedle - What's the difference?
tweedled | tweedle |
(tweedle)
(obsolete, UK, dialect) to twist
(obsolete) To handle lightly; said with reference to awkward fiddling.
(obsolete, by extension) To influence as if by fiddling; to coax; to allure.
* Addison
(mistakenly? ) to twiddle
(obsolete, UK, dialect) to twist
(obsolete) To handle lightly; said with reference to awkward fiddling.
(obsolete, by extension) To influence as if by fiddling; to coax; to allure.
* Addison
(mistakenly? ) to twiddle
As verbs the difference between tweedled and tweedle
is that tweedled is (tweedle) while tweedle is (obsolete|uk|dialect) to twist.tweedled
English
Verb
(head)tweedle
English
Alternative forms
* twidleVerb
(tweedl)- (Halliwell)
- A fiddler brought in with him a body of lusty young fellows, whom he had tweedled into the service.
Derived terms
* Tweedledum and Tweedledeetweedle
English
Alternative forms
* twidleVerb
(tweedl)- (Halliwell)
- A fiddler brought in with him a body of lusty young fellows, whom he had tweedled into the service.
