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writhe
English
Etymology
From Middle English writhen, from Old English wr?þan, from Proto-West Germanic *wr?þan, from Proto-Germanic *wr?þan? (“to weave, twist, turn”) (compare Old High German r?dan (“to wind, turn”), Old Norse ríða (“to wind”)), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyt- (“to twist, writhe”). Compare Lithuanian ri?sti (“to unbend, wind, roll”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: r?th, IPA(key): /?a?ð/
- Rhymes: -a?ð
Verb
writhe (third-person singular simple present writhes, present participle writhing, simple past writhed or (archaic) wrothe, past participle writhed or (archaic) writhen)
- (transitive) To twist, to wring (something).
- (transitive) To contort (a part of the body).
- 1906, Alfred Noyes, The Highwayman:
- She twisted her hands behind her; but all the knots held good.
- She writhed her hands till her fingers were wet with sweat or blood.
- They stretched and strained in the darkness, and the hours crawled by like years,
- Till, now, on the stroke of midnight,
- Cold, on the stroke of midnight,
- The tip of one finger touched it! The trigger at least was hers!
- 1906, Alfred Noyes, The Highwayman:
- (intransitive) To twist or contort the body; to be distorted.
- (transitive) To extort.
Translations
Noun
writhe (plural writhes)
- (rare) A contortion.
- (knot theory) The number of negative crossings subtracted from the number of positive crossings in a knot
Anagrams
- Wither, whiter, wither, wither-
Middle English
Verb
writhe
- Alternative form of writhen
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squirmy
English
Etymology
squirm +? -y
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?skw?mi/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?skw??mi/
Adjective
squirmy (comparative squirmier or more squirmy, superlative squirmiest or most squirmy)
- That squirms, writhes or wriggles
Derived terms
- squirminess
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