writhedadj.

Brit.

/rʌɪðd/, U.S.

/raɪðd/

Forms: see writhe v. and -ed suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: writhe v., -ed suffix¹.

Etymology: < writhe v. + -ed suffix¹. Compare earlier wreathed adj. and writhen adj.

†1.

a. Having a coiled or spiral form. Obsolete.

ΘΠ

the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [adjective] > twisted spirally > fashioned by spiral twisting

wreathedc1425

writhed1552

wrapped1820

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Writhed, or wynded one in another as a cord or rope is lincke to lincke, versatilis.

1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Funes intorti, writhed cordes.

1802 J. Leyden Mermaid i How softly mourns the writhed shell Of Jura's shore, its parent sea!

1858 W. H. Skyring Builders' Prices 55 Every inch opening in the writhed rails.

b. Of a pillar or column: having a twisted or spiral shape; = wreathed adj. 1b. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [adjective] > twisted spirally > specifically of columns or pillars

wreathed1624

writhed1679

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [adjective] > twisted

wreathed1624

writhed1679

1679 E. Coles Dict. Eng.-Lat. (ed. 2) A writhed Pillar, cymatium.

1792 R. Cumberland Calvary v. 164 The fair gate call'd Beautiful, whose porch High over-arch'd, on writhed columns propp'd.

1825 W. Scott Talisman xiv, in Tales Crusaders IV. 297 The fantastic forms of writhed pillars.

1849 J. Ruskin Seven Lamps Archit. iii. 92 The dark..porches and writhed pillars of Verona.

1890 Trans. St. Paul's Ecclesiol. Soc. 2 167 The writhed columns are like the balustrades of a staircase.

†2. With reference to the meaning of something: strained, distorted, or perverted. Cf. writhe v. 9. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1562 T. Cooper Answere Def. Truth f. 84, in Apol. Priuate Masse All, that here you haue vttered, be nothinge but wrythed coniectures.

a. Of the features, limbs, etc.: twisted, contorted; (also) wrinkled.In quot. 1568 designating wrinkles.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > face with expression or expression > [adjective] > distorted

writhen?a1425

girning1447

mowinga1529

writhed1568

mumping1594

antic1595

frowned1598

screwed1609

sour1611

wreathed1645

fluish1674

working1717

screwed-up1728

frownful1771

grimacing1804

quirked1931

1568 T. Howell Arbor of Amitie f. 1 Time on face so faire shall forrowes plowe, And writhed wrincles peere on blemisht browe.

?1570 T. Howell Newe Sonets sig. G.i He met in Feild an aged man, well ny his ghastly graue. Of coulor pale with writhed browes, and wrinckled face to note.

1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 58 Snuffing with a wrythed nose the Amber.

1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 150 They have a black and wrythed Face.

1830 Ld. Tennyson Clear-headed Friend iii Those writhed limbs of lightning speed.

1918 R. Aldington Let. 21 June (2003) 68 To-morrow there will be huddled corpses with blue horrible faces and foam on their writhed mouths.

1992 Poem in New Castle (Pa.) News 25 Feb. (Express section) 10/1 The words that are formed On your evil, writhed lips.

b. More generally: that has undergone writhing or twisting; twisted out of regular shape or form.

ΘΠ

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

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball vi. lxxxiii. 764 The stem [of the smaller cedar] is croked or writhed.

1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke i. xliv. 52 A writhed linnen cloth.

1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. 50 The writhed and wrested strings of a brake.

1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. iii. 396 The angular and variously writhed Worm-tube.

1848 J. R. Lowell Poems 2nd Ser. 11 Many-centuried shade Of some writhed oak.

a2004 D. C. Watts Dict. Plant Lore (2007) 116/1 It is called Snakeroot because of its writhed roots, like snakes, and so its early use was as a remedy for snakebite.

Derivatives

† writhedly adv. Obsolete rare in a twisted or contorted manner.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Contorte,..frowardly: obscurely: intricately: writhedly.

† writhedness n. Obsolete rare the quality or condition of being twisted or contorted.

ΚΠ

1663 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. D. Sennert Art Chirurg.: 5th Bk. Pract. Physick (new ed.) v. v. v. 27461/1 The deformity and writhedness of the Member will not hereby be corrected, since that the Crooked Callus cannot possibly be amended.

1755 J. N. Scott Bailey's Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (new ed.) Contorteousness, writhedness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	writhed
释义	writhedadj. Brit. /rʌɪðd/, U.S. /raɪðd/ Forms: see writhe v. and -ed suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: writhe v., -ed suffix¹. Etymology: < writhe v. + -ed suffix¹. Compare earlier wreathed adj. and writhen adj. †1. a. Having a coiled or spiral form. Obsolete. ΘΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [adjective] > twisted spirally > fashioned by spiral twisting wreathedc1425 writhed1552 wrapped1820 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Writhed, or wynded one in another as a cord or rope is lincke to lincke, versatilis. 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Funes intorti, writhed cordes. 1802 J. Leyden Mermaid i How softly mourns the writhed shell Of Jura's shore, its parent sea! 1858 W. H. Skyring Builders' Prices 55 Every inch opening in the writhed rails. b. Of a pillar or column: having a twisted or spiral shape; = wreathed adj. 1b. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [adjective] > twisted spirally > specifically of columns or pillars wreathed1624 writhed1679 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [adjective] > twisted wreathed1624 writhed1679 1679 E. Coles Dict. Eng.-Lat. (ed. 2) A writhed Pillar, cymatium. 1792 R. Cumberland Calvary v. 164 The fair gate call'd Beautiful, whose porch High over-arch'd, on writhed columns propp'd. 1825 W. Scott Talisman xiv, in Tales Crusaders IV. 297 The fantastic forms of writhed pillars. 1849 J. Ruskin Seven Lamps Archit. iii. 92 The dark..porches and writhed pillars of Verona. 1890 Trans. St. Paul's Ecclesiol. Soc. 2 167 The writhed columns are like the balustrades of a staircase. †2. With reference to the meaning of something: strained, distorted, or perverted. Cf. writhe v. 9. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1562 T. Cooper Answere Def. Truth f. 84, in Apol. Priuate Masse All, that here you haue vttered, be nothinge but wrythed coniectures. 3. a. Of the features, limbs, etc.: twisted, contorted; (also) wrinkled.In quot. 1568 designating wrinkles. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > face with expression or expression > [adjective] > distorted writhen?a1425 girning1447 mowinga1529 writhed1568 mumping1594 antic1595 frowned1598 screwed1609 sour1611 wreathed1645 fluish1674 working1717 screwed-up1728 frownful1771 grimacing1804 quirked1931 1568 T. Howell Arbor of Amitie f. 1 Time on face so faire shall forrowes plowe, And writhed wrincles peere on blemisht browe. ?1570 T. Howell Newe Sonets sig. G.i He met in Feild an aged man, well ny his ghastly graue. Of coulor pale with writhed browes, and wrinckled face to note. 1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 58 Snuffing with a wrythed nose the Amber. 1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 150 They have a black and wrythed Face. 1830 Ld. Tennyson Clear-headed Friend iii Those writhed limbs of lightning speed. 1918 R. Aldington Let. 21 June (2003) 68 To-morrow there will be huddled corpses with blue horrible faces and foam on their writhed mouths. 1992 Poem in New Castle (Pa.) News 25 Feb. (Express section) 10/1 The words that are formed On your evil, writhed lips. b. More generally: that has undergone writhing or twisting; twisted out of regular shape or form. ΘΠ 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 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball vi. lxxxiii. 764 The stem [of the smaller cedar] is croked or writhed. 1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke i. xliv. 52 A writhed linnen cloth. 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. 50 The writhed and wrested strings of a brake. 1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. iii. 396 The angular and variously writhed Worm-tube. 1848 J. R. Lowell Poems 2nd Ser. 11 Many-centuried shade Of some writhed oak. a2004 D. C. Watts Dict. Plant Lore (2007) 116/1 It is called Snakeroot because of its writhed roots, like snakes, and so its early use was as a remedy for snakebite. Derivatives † writhedly adv. Obsolete rare in a twisted or contorted manner.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Contorte,..frowardly: obscurely: intricately: writhedly. † writhedness n. Obsolete rare the quality or condition of being twisted or contorted. ΚΠ 1663 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. D. Sennert Art Chirurg.: 5th Bk. Pract. Physick (new ed.) v. v. v. 27461/1 The deformity and writhedness of the Member will not hereby be corrected, since that the Crooked Callus cannot possibly be amended. 1755 J. N. 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