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Webster 1913 Edition


Tortile

Tor′tile

,
Adj.
[L.
tortilis
, fr.
torquere
,
tortum
, to twist: cf. F.
tortile
.]
Twisted; wreathed; coiled.

Webster 1828 Edition


Tortile

TORT'ILE


Definition 2024


tortile

tortile

English

Adjective

tortile (comparative more tortile, superlative most tortile)

  1. (rare) Twisted, winding, contorted.
    • 1658: He that would behold a very anomalous motion, may observe it in the Tortile and tiring stroakes of Gnat-worms. — Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 196)

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