Torquemadan

English

Etymology

Torquemada +‎ -an

Adjective

Torquemadan (comparative more Torquemadan, superlative most Torquemadan)

1. Of or pertaining to Tomás de Torquemada (1420–1498), prominent leader of the Spanish Inquisition.
   • 2004, Keith Perry, The Kingfish in fiction: Huey P. Long and the modern American novel, page 50:

     For the crime of asserting their rights, for daring to question the status quo, they find themselves subjected to days of almost Torquemadan torture.