From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
*** Etymology
The sense "intertwined" comes from [en] by the late 15th century. The sense
"mentally disturbed, perverted" is probably from [en], which is attested by
1811.[1]
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Adjective
[en-adj]
1. Consisting of two or more threads , strands or the like intertwined ; formed by twisting or twining . [from 1548]
2. [en] Mentally or emotionally distorted or unsound ; perverted .
3. * [page=108]
4. * {{ quote-book
|en |year=1971 |year_published=2011 |chapter=Welcome to Las Vegas |title=The
Great Shark Hunt |author=吴语: Hunter S. Thompson |publisher=Simon and Schuster
|isbn=9781451669251
|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=27TqzN6UfGkC&pg=PA531 |page=531
|passage=It was almost noon, and we still had more than a hundred miles to go.
They would be tough miles. Very soon, I knew, we would both be completely
TWISTED. But there was no going back, and no time to rest. We would have to
ride it out. }}
1. [en] Bent out of shape or out of place; distorted ; contorted . [from 1725]
1. [en] Having the intended meaning altered or misrepresented ; misunderstood .
2. [en] Distorted or contorted by tensing the facial muscles.
2. [en] Under heavy influence of intoxicants, usually alcohol and marijuana ; very intoxicated .
3. * {{ quote-book
|en |year=1958 |year_published=2015 |title=The Horn |author=w:John Clellon
Holmes |publisher=Open Road Media |isbn=9781504022316
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_fB3CgAAQBAJ&pg=PT164 |passage="Man is
he high!" someone whispered. "Man, he's TWISTED! But on what? On what?" }}
1. [en] Having a spiral ornament inside. [from 1897]
2. [en] Intimately associated or connected ; united ; combined . [1574]
*** Verb
[en]
1. [en]
**** Synonyms
- [contorted] [en] , [en] , [en]
- [wound spirally] [en]
- [mentally disturbed] [en] , [en] , [en] , [en] , [en]
- [intoxicated] See Thesaurus:drunk or Thesaurus:stoned
**** Derived terms
[en]
**** Translations
[contorted]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl] , [gl]
- German:
- Greek:
- Hindi: [hi]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Latin: [la]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv]
- Tagalog: [tl] , [tl]
- Tày: [tyz] , [tyz]
[trans-bottom]
[wound spirally]
- Czech: [cs]
- Estonian: [et]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Ingrian: [izh]
- Irish: [ga]
- Latin: [la]
- Russian: [e.g. road] [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv] , [sv] , [sv] , [sv]
[trans-bottom]
[mentally disturbed or unsound]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Italian: [it]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv] [colloquial] , [sv] [colloquial]
[trans-bottom]
*** References
References:
[1]. [pos=adj]
- [pos=adj]
- [pos=adj]
- [en]
- [R:Dictionary.com]
*** Anagrams
- [en]