traddy outfit

9.6

Clothing with old-style formal designs like a jacket and smart shoes

noun

: atuendo tradicional

He prefers a traddy outfit with tweed jackets and loafers when attending formal events.

Examples

Many people admire her unique style, especially when she wears a traddy outfit to vintage fairs.
She wore a beautiful traddy outfit to the party.
Her traddy outfit stood out at the party.
I love her traddy outfits from the 1960s.
He prefers a traddy outfit with tweed jackets and loafers when attending formal events.
Many people admire her unique style, especially when she wears a traddy outfit to vintage fairs.
Her traddy outfit stood out at the party.

Synonyms

vintage clothing

vstraddy outfit

3 4.1

Clothes made long ago that people collect or wear today

is a style inspired by mid twentieth century designs rather than original pieces

How Traditional

costume

47 3.0

vintage clothing

3 4.1

traddy outfit

9.6

retro

9 5.0

in fashion

27 2.6

Surface Forms

traddy outfit singular

traddy outfits plural

Morphology

traddy + outfit

The noun 'outfit' is transparent and 'traddy' appears to be a colloquial derivative of 'trad/traditional', so the combined meaning 'traditional or vintage outfit' is partly inferable from the parts. However, 'traddy' is informal, dialectal and non-standard (not found in the provided dictionary entry), which reduces predictability for many B1 learners and makes full comprehension less certain without prior exposure.

Etymology

Traddy outfit comes from a short word for 'traditional' — traddy — and means clothes that copy older, classic styles. Imagine someone wearing a tweed jacket and loafers, and that picture helps you remember it means 'an old-fashioned style of clothing'.