tortuthe
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Norman[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Late Latin tortura (“a twisting, wreathing, of bodily pain, a griping colic; pain inflicted by judicial or ecclesiastical authority as a means of persuasion, torture”), from Latin tortus, past participle of torqueō, torquēre (“twist”).
Noun[edit]
tortuthe f (plural tortuthes)
Derived terms[edit]
- tortuther (“to torture”)