Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

contortionate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: con-tor-tion-ate
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

contorted or contorting

Example Sentences

"So it’s hard not to be amused at Nina L. Khrushcheva’s contortionate attempts to recruit him as a sociopolitical figurehead for the land of his birth in her earnest and urgent “Imagining Nabokov: Russia Between Art and Politics.”"

Etymology

From contortion + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Inflected Forms

more contortionate (comparative) most contortionate (superlative)

Questions

What does contortionate mean?: contorted or contorting
Where does contortionate come from?: From contortion + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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