tweezers
[ twee-zerz ]
/ ˈtwi zərz /
noun (used with a singular or plural verb)
small pincers or nippers for plucking out hairs, extracting splinters, picking up small objects, etc.
Origin of tweezers
1645–55; plural of
tweezer, equivalent to obsolete
tweeze case of surgical instruments (aphetic form of earlier
etweese < French
étuis, plural of
étui, noun derivative of Old French
étuier to keep < Latin
stūdiāre to care for) +
-er1
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British Dictionary definitions for tweezers
tweezers
/ (ˈtwiːzəz) /
pl n
a small pincer-like instrument for handling small objects, plucking out hairs, etc
Also called: pair of tweezers, (esp US) tweezer
Word Origin for tweezers
C17: plural of
tweezer (on the model of
scissors, etc), from
tweeze case of instruments, from French
étuis cases (of instruments), from Old French
estuier to preserve, from Vulgar Latin
studiāre (unattested) to keep, from Latin
studēre to care about