单词 | twistify |
释义 | twistifyv. U.S. dialect and colloquial. ? Obsolete. transitive. To make twisty (literal and figurative); to twist. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [verb (transitive)] > twist spirally writheOE wethe1398 wind1398 withe1398 turna1450 cralla1475 twirk1599 twirla1625 twire1628 twist1714 wisp1753 twistle1788 twizzle1788 screw1834 twistify1835 1835 R. M. Bird Hawks of Hawk-hollow I. xix. 254 The path is astonishing twistified, and not fit for horse. 1843 ‘J. Slick’ High Life N.Y. I. 148 There was the fat nigger a twistifying his whip-lash round the horses' heads. Derivatives ˈtwistified adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > [adjective] > bending or winding winding1555 straying1585 crankling1596 meandrian1608 tortive1609 meandered1612 serpentine1615 snailing1615 meandering1617 meandrous1639 meandric1658 wandering1667 wimpling1721 spiral1796 circumvolutory1834 wormy1869 twistering1872 twistified1872 twistical1890 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [adjective] > double-dealing twifoldc897 doublea1340 twice-sworn1542 ambidexter1549 double-hearteda1555 double-faced1574 doubling1581 double-dealing1587 twi-faced1635 two-faceda1640 ambidextrous1646 double-headed1646 two-hearteda1656 ambidextral1665 twistical1805 twistifying1845 twistified1872 duplicitous1958 1872 Newton Kansan 17 Oct. 4/3 [The Republicans] repudiate his twistified explanations now. ˈtwistifying adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [adjective] > double-dealing twifoldc897 doublea1340 twice-sworn1542 ambidexter1549 double-hearteda1555 double-faced1574 doubling1581 double-dealing1587 twi-faced1635 two-faceda1640 ambidextrous1646 double-headed1646 two-hearteda1656 ambidextral1665 twistical1805 twistifying1845 twistified1872 duplicitous1958 1845 in C. Cist Cincinnati Misc. I. 167 I knew..an individual..who possessed this twistifying talent in high perfection... Many amusing stories of his faculty of shifting have been told me. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < v.1835 |
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