Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tortile

/ˈtɔːtaɪl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tor-tile
IPA: /ˈtɔːtaɪl/

7

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Twisted, winding, contorted.

Example Sentences

"He that would behold a very anomalous motion, may observe it in the Tortile and tiring stroakes of Gnat-worms."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tortilis, from the participle stem of torqueō (“twist, turn”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: tortilis

Inflected Forms

more tortile (comparative) most tortile (superlative)

Derived Forms

tortility

Questions

How do you pronounce tortile?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtɔːtaɪl/.
What does tortile mean?: Twisted, winding, contorted.
Where does tortile come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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