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retrotorted

retrotorted is the simple past and past participle of retrotort.

Meaning of retrotort

Verb

retrotort (third-person singular simple present retrotorts, present participle retrotorting, simple past and past participle retrotorted)

  1. (intransitive) To undergo retrotorsion.
  2. (formal, rare, transitive) To twist backward.
    • But Greek and Latin are quite unequal, when disjoined from the elder wheels in our etymological system, to the working of the total machinery of the English language. Mr. Landor proceeds upon no fixed principles in his changes. Sometimes it is on the principle of internal analogy within itself...1861, Thomas De Quincey, Writings, volume 3, page 250

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Questions about retrotorted

What is retrotorted the simple past and past participle of?
Retrotorted is the simple past and past participle of retrotort.

Words near retrotorted in the dictionary

  1. retrotarsal
  2. retrotopia
  3. retrotopias
  4. retrotorsion
  5. retrotort
  6. retrotorted
  7. retrotorting
  8. retrotorts
  9. retrotracheal
  10. retrotragal
  11. retrotranscribe

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