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torqued, a.|tɔːkt|
Also 6 torquet.
[after obs. F. torqué, pa. pple. of torquer, ad. L. torquēre to twist: see -ed1.]
1. Twisted, convoluted; formed like a torque.
1577D. Settle M. Frobisher's Voy. ii. in Hakluyt Voy. (1589) 625 We found a dead fishe..which had in his nose a horne streight and torquet, of length two yardes lacking two ynches. 1857Archæologia XXXVII. 102 A pair of ear-rings of base silver, the large torqued circles of which were closed by a sort of hook and eye.
2. Her. Twisted or bent into a double curve like the letter S: said of a serpent or dolphin used as a bearing. (In quot. 1572 app. Bent into a coiled form.)
1572J. Bossewell Armorie ii. 63 b, The fielde is of the Saphyre, a Serpente torqued, Topace. 1688R. Holme Armoury iii. xvii. (Roxb.) 119/1 A Fasce, or fiue arrowes in fasce, with a serpent Torqued about the same. c1828[see torgant]. 1894Parker's Gloss. Her., Torqued, bowed-embowed, especially of a serpent's tail; also wreathed.
Add:3. fig. Upset, angry; excited, worked up. Freq. const. up. U.S. slang.
1967in Amer. Speech 1975 (1977) L. 54 U.S. Air Force Academy..torqued ‘angry’. 1968Current Slang (Univ. S. Dakota) Fall 49 Torqued, upset, angry, hurt... She was all torqued because he took someone else out. 1979M. Millar Murder of Miranda (1980) i. 16 Can't I even ask a question without you getting all torqued up? 1988Washington Post 28 June d3/4 Are they torqued-up about the upcoming hometown showdown in front of a world audience? |