colltort
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Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From coll (“neck”) + tort (“bent, twisted, crooked”), in sense 2 associating religious people to excessively bowing and looking downwards. Compare Italian collotorto.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˌkɔʎˈtɔrt]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˌkɔʎˈtɔɾt]
- Rhymes: -ɔɾt
- Hyphenation: coll‧tort
Noun[edit]
colltort m (plural colltorts)
- (zoology) a wryneck, specifically the Eurasian wryneck (Jynx torquilla)
- Synonym: formiguer
Derived terms[edit]
Noun[edit]
colltort m (plural colltorts, feminine colltorta)
- (figurative, derogatory) hypocrite, goody-goody (especially a religious one)
Further reading[edit]
- “colltort” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.