different between wreathed vs tortive
wreathed
English
Verb
wreathed
- simple past tense and past participle of wreath
- simple past tense and past participle of wreathe
Anagrams
- rethawed
wreathed From the web:
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tortive
English
Etymology
From Latin torquere (“to twist”). Sometimes attributed to Shakespeare.
Adjective
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.
- c. 1602, William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, Act I, Scene III
tortive From the web:
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