contortedadj.

/kənˈtɔːtɪd/

Etymology: < contort v. + -ed suffix¹.

1. Twisted, esp. twisted together or round itself; drawn awry or out of shape by a twisting action.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [adjective] > of or relating to distortion > distorted

wrongwende?c1225

writhenc1475

thrawnc1494

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wry1552

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tortured1603

wrested1609

contorted1622

distorted1635

twisted1830

wreathed1844

gnarled1851

squinched1899

contortioned1922

pretzelled1938

the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [adjective] > twisted spirally

woundenOE

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tortile1658

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wended?1690

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entwisteda1800

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barley sugar1868

spirated1871

wrangled1876

rangled1924

1622 T. Dekker & P. Massinger Virgin Martir v. sig. L Ile..hang thee In a contorted Chaine of Isicles I'th frigid Zone.

1674 J. Wright tr. Seneca Thyestes 10 What makes Thee menace thus with thy contorted Snakes?

1774 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1772 165 The rocks are contorted.

1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxv. 370 The legumes are contorted.

1878 W. Black Green Pastures v. 37 All over his contorted visage.

figurative.1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 71 Whether those derivations..be not contorted, jejune..ridiculous.

a. Botany. ‘An arrangement of petals or corolline lobes, when each piece, being oblique in figure, and overlapping its neighbour by one margin, has its other margin in like manner overlapped by that which stands next it’ ( Treasury Bot. 1866).

ΚΠ

1761 J. Ellis in Philos. Trans. 1760 (Royal Soc.) 51 934 Contorted flowers, that is..those monopetalous flowers, whose lobes, or sections of the limb of their petals, turn all to the right hand.

1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands p. xv Convolvulaceæ..corolla..plaited and contorted in bud.

b. contorted-convolutive adj.: convolute with some degree of contortion.

ΚΠ

1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 218 The æstivation..on account of the lateral and somewhat contorted twisting of the nearly equal segments, contorted-convolutive.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	contorted
释义	contortedadj. /kənˈtɔːtɪd/ Etymology: < contort v. + -ed suffix¹. 1. Twisted, esp. twisted together or round itself; drawn awry or out of shape by a twisting action. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [adjective] > of or relating to distortion > distorted wrongwende?c1225 writhenc1475 thrawnc1494 tort1513 encrampised1523 wry1552 thraw?1553 contort1570 wried1576 writhed1578 turned1585 distort1588 tortured1603 wrested1609 contorted1622 distorted1635 twisted1830 wreathed1844 gnarled1851 squinched1899 contortioned1922 pretzelled1938 the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [adjective] > twisted spirally woundenOE thwarlc1400 wreathenc1400 writhenc1475 thrown1534 crinkled1558 contort1570 torqued1577 writhed1578 rivelled1594 wrested1609 twound1610 twirled1611 contorted1622 tortile1658 torcular1661 roped1681 wended?1690 twisted1725 entwisteda1800 torquated1851 barley sugar1868 spirated1871 wrangled1876 rangled1924 1622 T. Dekker & P. Massinger Virgin Martir v. sig. L Ile..hang thee In a contorted Chaine of Isicles I'th frigid Zone. 1674 J. Wright tr. Seneca Thyestes 10 What makes Thee menace thus with thy contorted Snakes? 1774 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1772 165 The rocks are contorted. 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xxv. 370 The legumes are contorted. 1878 W. Black Green Pastures v. 37 All over his contorted visage. figurative.1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 71 Whether those derivations..be not contorted, jejune..ridiculous. 2. a. Botany. ‘An arrangement of petals or corolline lobes, when each piece, being oblique in figure, and overlapping its neighbour by one margin, has its other margin in like manner overlapped by that which stands next it’ ( Treasury Bot. 1866). ΚΠ 1761 J. Ellis in Philos. Trans. 1760 (Royal Soc.) 51 934 Contorted flowers, that is..those monopetalous flowers, whose lobes, or sections of the limb of their petals, turn all to the right hand. 1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands p. xv Convolvulaceæ..corolla..plaited and contorted in bud. b. contorted-convolutive adj.: convolute with some degree of contortion. ΚΠ 1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 218 The æstivation..on account of the lateral and somewhat contorted twisting of the nearly equal segments, contorted-convolutive. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < adj.1622
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