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tortile

[ tawr-til ]
/ ˈtɔr tɪl /
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adjective

twisted; coiled.

RELATED WORDS

coiled, circling, complicated, crooked, tortuous, gnarled, convoluted, intricate, tangled, wry, contorted, curving, meandering, twisted, sinuous, winding, curved, devious, errant, serpentine

Nearby words

  1. tortellini,
  2. torten,
  3. tortes,
  4. tortfeasor,
  5. torticollis,
  6. tortilla,
  7. tortilla flat,
  8. tortillon,
  9. tortious,
  10. tortiously

Origin of tortile

1650–60; < Latin tortilis, equivalent to tort(us) twisted (see tort) + -ilis -ile
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Examples from the Web for tortile

  • He that would behold a very anomalous motion, may observe it in the Tortile and tiring stroaks of Gnatworms.

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British Dictionary definitions for tortile

tortile

/ (ˈtɔːtaɪl) /

adjective

rare twisted or coiled
Derived Formstortility (tɔːˈtɪlɪtɪ), noun

Word Origin for tortile

C17: from Latin tortilis winding, from tortus twisted, from torquēre to twist
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