different between tortive vs tortie

English

From Latin torquere (“to twist”). Sometimes attributed to Shakespeare.

tortive (comparative more tortive, superlative most tortive)

Twisted; wreathed.
- c. 1602, William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, Act I, Scene III
  As knots, by the conflux of meeting sap
  Infects the sound pine and diverts his grain
  Tortive and errant from his course of growth.

Clipping of tortoiseshell, +? -ie.

tortie (plural torties)

From French tortue (“turtle”).

tortie

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