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retorque

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
re-torque
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To torque again or anew.

Transitive verb

verb

To turn back.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

Etymology

From re- + torque.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

retorques (present, singular) retorquing (participle, present) retorqued (participle, past) retorqued (past)

Questions

What does retorque mean?
To torque again or anew.
Where does retorque come from?
From re- + torque.

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