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