retortedadj.1
/rᵻˈtɔːtᵻd/, U.S. /rəˈtɔrdəd/, /riˈtɔrdəd/ a. Twisted or bent backwards; recurved. Obsolete.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > types of curvature > [adjective] > backwards
recurve?a1425
recourbleda1492
recurvate1556
retorted1571
reflected1578
back-turneda1586
reflexed1597
recurved1598
reverteda1616
reflex1633
recurvous1713
retroflected1765
retrorsal1870
1571 E. Grant tr. Plutarch President for Parentes Sig. B.iv The crooked & retorted staues of stage playes can by no meanes be straightned.
1599 R. Linche Fountaine Anc. Fiction sig. Iiv It is at one end somewhat crooked and retorted.
1605 T. Tymme tr. J. Du Chesne Pract. Chymicall & Hermeticall Physicke iii. 166 By very long cunduites and pipes of brasse retorted.
1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. G5 Th' Arabian Dew besmears My uncontrolled brow, And my retorted haires.
1661 J. Tatham London's Tryumphs 5 Two Trytons playing on retorted Pipes or Hornes antique.
1718 J. Ozell tr. J. Pitton de Tournefort Voy. Levant I. ix. 292 It begins with a Cod eight or nine lines thick..which lengthens into a retorted Pipe.
1808 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 19 568 By drawing the integuments over the wound till the retorted edges are brought in contact.
1859 J. Ruskin Elements Perspective xiv. 123 If the curve of profile A B is complex or retorted.
b. Turned or facing backwards; reverted. Obsolete.
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the world > space > direction > specific directions > [adjective] > having backward direction > turned backwards
retort?a1475
retorqued1590
retorted1605
reverting1631
reflex1633
retortive1787
1605 A. Warren Pouerties Patience in Poore Mans Passions sig. K Lots wife for one retorted looke In pillar of Salt found..misery.
1717 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad III. xi. 175 Now stiff recedes, yet hardly seems to fly, And threats his Followers with retorted Eye.
a1763 W. Shenstone Wks. Verse & Prose (1764) I. 36 And with retorted eye forsakes the dome.
1805 R. Southey Madoc (ed. 3) II. vii. 27 Uplifts the Snake his head retorted, high He lifts it over Madoc, then darts down To seize his prey.
1807 J. Barlow Columbiad v. 168 And now impatient, with retorted eye, Perceives his station in another sky.
2. Music. Of a mood, or a symbol denoting a mood (mood n.2 3): reversed. Chiefly in retorted mood. Also: (of musical time) at double speed or a fast tempo. Now historical and rare.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > proportion of notes or rhythm > [adjective] > types of proportion
proportionate?a1505
imperfectc1570
perfect1588
retorted1597
retortive1597
imperfectible1609
major?1779
minor?1779
1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 27 Phi. What do you terme a retorted Moode? Ma. It is a Moode of imperfect time set backward, signifying that the Notes before which it is set must be sung as fast againe as they were before.
1614 T. Ravenscroft Briefe Disc. Musicke 17 As for any motion of Tact swifter than this Lesser Diminution if there should bee need therof, it should be either thus Charactered ? or by the former Retorted thus ?.
1664 J. Tatham Londons Triumphs Celebrated 13 This Scene is flank'd with two Sea horses, two Trytons mounted on their backs, playing on retorted Musick (as at Sea).
1715 D. Robinson Ess. upon Vocal Musick 16 The last of all these [marks of proportion] is called Retorted Time, for it requires to be sung about as quick again as that of Common Time, it has the same Measure with both the other, and is known by this Mood ?, which you see stands by a great Figure of 2.
1778 J. Crompton Psalm Singer's Assistant p. xli Subdivided into the Allegro or Retorted Mood.
1961 Revue Belge de Musicologie 15 39 Similarly, No. XIV..merely admonishes the performer to heed the signs of retorted mood.
a. Thrown or hurled back; returned. Also figurative. Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > [adjective]
retaliated1609
retorted1621
1621 G. Sandys tr. Ovid First Five Bks. Metamorphosis v. 119 Vp fierce Perseus starts, And his retorted Speare at Phineus darts.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 906 With retorted scorn his back he turn'd. View more context for this quotation
1703 M. Chudleigh Song of Three Children 14 in Poems Several Occasions Thro' the mournful Gloom thy cheerful Beams extend;..To thy bright Fountain on retorted Rays Send constant Tributes of unweary'd Praise.
1745 J. Mason Self-knowl. i. ix. 76 Such retorted Scorn is more becoming the Character of a Stoic than a Christian.
b. Of fire: forced or driven back; reflected. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > backward movement > [adjective] > forced backwards
retorted1658
1658 tr. G. della Porta Nat. Magick vi. ii. 179 Take river-pebbles and put them into a fornace, in that place where the retorted flame is most intense.
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the mind > language > statement > refusal > [adjective] > rebuffed or rejected
overruled1624
ungratifieda1625
retorted1632
negatived1706
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 484 He rashly aduentured the credite of Leager honour in a single Combat against me a retorted Plaintiue.
1706 T. Forrester Rev. & Consideration Two Late Pamphlets 295 Your retorted Notion must needs stop your Mouth.
5. Of an insult, threat, argument, etc.: turned back on the originator. Now rare.
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1644 W. Prynne Full Reply Observ. Prynne's Twelve Questions 12 As for his retorted argument..it is a blasphemous and absurd conclusion.
1690 G. Powell Treacherous Brothers v. ii. 50 But oh the pleasure of revenge to dart Thy own Retorted threats, on thy own heart.
1796 C. Dickinson Trav. Cyllenius I. xx. 7 That class of men who would our rights dispute; And with retorted arguments confute.
1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. xii. 129 Now comes the accused, with..countercharge and retorted abuse.
1882 W. H. D. Adams Curiosities of Superstit. xvi. 278 Now comes the accused, with defence, and counter-charge, and retorted abuse.
1919 Classical Philol. Apr. 173 The Billingsgate of retorted threats.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
retortedadj.2
/rᵻˈtɔːtᵻd/, U.S. /rəˈtɔrdəd/, /riˈtɔrdəd/ Mining and Manufacturing Technology.
Of metal, shale, etc.: that has been heated, refined, or purified in a retort. Cf. retort n.1 2.
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the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > [adjective] > of or relating to named chemical reactions or processes > of or relating to refining or exaltation > refined in a retort
retorted1862
1862 J. A. Patterson Gold Fields Victoria xx. 219 The Great Western Reef was found to give little more than five shillings' worth of gold to the ounce of retorted metal, the remainder being silver.
1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Miner's Right III. xliii. 269 She tried to lift again..the mass of retorted gold which had come in from the quartz reef.
1914 W. Gowland Metall. Non-ferrous Metals 206 The amalgam is charged in, in the form of cakes or balls, the adhesion of the retorted metal to the iron being prevented by first white-washing the inside of the retort.
1987 Jrnl. Environmental Quality 16 168 A sample of..retorted shale was recarbonated to lower its high alkalinity.
1997 Energy User News (Nexis) 1 Apr. 30 Retorted mercury is very pure and is suitable for use in new lamps.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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