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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin tortilis, from the participle stem of torqueō (“twist, turn”).
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tortile (comparative more tortile, superlative most tortile)
- (rare) Twisted, winding, contorted.
1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus, Folio Society, published 2007, page 196:He that would behold a very anomalous motion, may observe it in the Tortile and tiring stroakes of Gnat-worms.
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