twistification
twistification noun: the act of twisting or its result; convolution or distortion.
Noun
twistification (countable and uncountable, plural twistifications)
- The act of twisting or its result; convolution or distortion.
- "Why, plain language is best, when one knows the body one is speaking to; and I verily believe there is not a man on art that has less twistification in thought, word or deed than you, Mr. Spiffard."1836, William Dunlap, Thirty Years Ago: Or, The Memoirs of a Water Drinker, page 204
- He is the quaintest and queerest personage you ever saw, -- full of dry jokes, the humor of which is so incorporated with the strange twistifications of his physiognomy, that his sayings ought to be written down, accompanied with illustrations by Cruikshank.1841, Passages from the American Note-Books of Nathaniel Hawthorne
- A type of dance.
Forms of twistification
| plural | twistifications |
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Origin of twistification
From twist + -ification.
Questions about twistification
- What does twistification mean?
- Twistification means the act of twisting or its result; convolution or distortion.
- What part of speech is twistification?
- Twistification is a noun.
- What is the plural of twistification?
- The plural of twistification is twistifications.
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