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tortile

/ˈtɔːtaɪl/

tortile adjective: twisted, winding, contorted.

Adjective

tortile (comparative more tortile, superlative most tortile)

  1. (rare) Twisted, winding, contorted.
    • He that would behold a very anomalous motion, may observe it in the Tortile and tiring stroakes of Gnat-worms.1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus, Folio Society, published 2007, page 196

tortile meaning in Urdu

tortile in Urdu

بل دار, خم دار, پیچ دار

Forms of tortile

comparativemore tortile
superlativemost tortile

Origin of tortile

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

Words formed from tortile

Questions about tortile

What does tortile mean?
Tortile means twisted, winding, contorted.
What is tortile in Urdu?
Tortile in Urdu is بل دار, خم دار, پیچ دار. See Tortile meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is tortile?
Tortile is an adjective.
How do you pronounce tortile?
Tortile is pronounced /ˈtɔːtaɪl/.

Words near tortile in the dictionary

  1. tortie
  2. tortiere
  3. tortieres
  4. torties
  5. tortietude
  6. tortile
  7. tortility
  8. tortilla
  9. tortilla chip
  10. tortilla chips
  11. tortilladora

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tortile (page history and authors); tortile (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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