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Webster 1913 Edition

(tôr′tū̍r-ŭs)

Adj.

Involving, or pertaining to, torture.

[R.]

“The torturous crucifixion.”

I. Disraeli.

Adj.

Tormenting. [Not in use.]

torturous ‎(comparative more torturous, superlative most torturous)