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tortile
[tawr-til]
adjective
twisted; coiled.
tortile
/ ˈtɔːtaɪl, tɔːˈtɪlɪtɪ /
adjective
raretwisted or coiled
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Other Word Forms
- tortility noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tortile1
C17: from Latin tortilis winding, from tortus twisted, from ٴǰŧ to twist
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Marilyn Monroe’s eye-catching gait is more tortile and wambling than ever.
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A. Orcuttianum, Gray, is a similar species, but more slender, with fewer and smaller flowers, whose lower lip is not much larger than the upper, and whose flower-spikes are disposed to have the tortile branchlets in their midst.
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Tortile, tor′til, adj. twisted: wreathed: coiled.—n.
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Itch is beautifully mounted in De Luxe-color CinemaScope, and Marilyn Monroe's eye-catching gait is more tortile and wambling than ever.
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