twistical

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Crooked; tortuous. archaic,colloquial,regional
    — […] I will meet Mr. Paine again at Point-no-Point, very properly so named because, as he observes, “it continually recedes at a distance a-head; and when you have got as far as you can go there is no point at all.” So it is with Mr. Paine’s twistical reflections on religion and government:
  2. Perverse; unfair; dishonest. archaic,colloquial,regional
    — c. 1797 John Leland, remark made while preaching, cited in Berkshire Historical and Scientific Society, Berkshire Book, 1892, Volume 1, p. 283, Godward he is an excellent man, manward he is rather twistical.

词形变化

more twistical comparative most twistical superlative

词源

From twist + -ical.
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