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Traditional English :: tortuous
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tortule.html - adj. 1 full of twists and turns (followed a tortuous route). 2 devious, circuitous, crooked (has a tortuous mind). tortuosity n. (pl. -ies). tortuously adv. tortuousness n. [ME f. OF f. L tortuosus f. tortus a twist (as TORT)] |
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Traditional English :: torture
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tortule.html - n. & v. --n. 1 the infliction of severe bodily pain esp. as a punishment or a means of persuasion.
2 severe physical or mental suffering (the torture of defeat). --v.tr.
1 subject to torture (tortured by guilt).
2 force out of a natural position or state; deform; pervert. torturable adj. torturer n. torturous adj. torturously adv. [F f. LL tortura twisting (as TORT)] |
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Traditional English :: tort
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tortule.html - n. Law a breach of duty (other than under contract) leading to liability for damages. [ME f. OF f. med.L tortum wrong, neut. past part. of L torquere tort- twist] |
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Traditional English :: torte
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tortule.html - n.
(pl. torten or tortes) an elaborate sweet cake or tart. [G] |
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Traditional English :: tortfeasor
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tortule.html - n.
Law a person guilty of tort. [OF tort-fesor, tort-faiseur, etc. f. tort wrong, -fesor, faiseur doer] |
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Traditional English :: torticollis
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tortule.html - n. Med. a rheumatic etc. disease of the muscles of the neck, causing twisting and stiffness. [mod.L f. L tortus crooked + collum neck] |
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