† entortillv.

Forms: Also 1600s entortle, intortle, intortell.

Etymology: < French entortiller, < en (see en- prefix¹) + tortiller to twist, < late Latin tortillāre, < tortus, past participle of torquēre to twist.

Obsolete.

transitive. To entwine, coil.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [verb (transitive)]

writheOE

foldc1330

wrall1398

wreathec1425

enrol1530

twind1548

involve1555

wring1585

invilup1592

rolla1616

entortill1641

convolve1650

coila1691

circumflex1851

serpentine1883

convolute1887

swirl1902

whorl1904

1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper ii. 143 The red scarlet lace of Christs blood, must be entortled and interwoven into a bracelet.

1652 W. Sclater, Jr. Civil Magistracy Ep. Ded. sig. A2^v All which so intortelled as they are within each other..they are as the Gold of Havilah, Good.

1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures (1663) xxviii. 110 His tail might be some twenty fathoms long, and was entortilled about such another Monster.

Derivatives

enˈtortilled adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [adjective] > disposed in or forming (a) coil(s)

twinedc1300

wounda1382

wreathenc1400

wrinkledc1403

wreathedc1425

whorlish1562

folded1570

writhen1584

upwound1590

entortilled1629

coiled1661

whirled1715

whirl-shaped1762

crinkum-crankum1766

convoluted1811

gyrated1822

rounded1845

vorticiform1849

looped1850

vorticose1870

convolute1874

gyrate1876

swirled1909

snake-spiral1922

1629 tr. Herodian Hist. (1635) 236 By which darke and intortled Speeches he meant they should rather ghesse at what was done, than directly understand him.

entortiˈllation n. Obsolete the action of twisting or entwining.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [noun] > coiling or winding together > example of

entortillation1633

intortillage1809

1633 J. Done tr. ‘Aristeas’ Aunc. Hist. Septuagint sig. D8 Borders, Raysings, Flowries, and Wrappings, Entortilations, and such like.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	entortill
释义	† entortillv. Forms: Also 1600s entortle, intortle, intortell. Etymology: < French entortiller, < en (see en- prefix¹) + tortiller to twist, < late Latin tortillāre, < tortus, past participle of torquēre to twist. Obsolete. transitive. To entwine, coil. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [verb (transitive)] writheOE foldc1330 wrall1398 wreathec1425 enrol1530 twind1548 involve1555 wring1585 invilup1592 rolla1616 entortill1641 convolve1650 coila1691 circumflex1851 serpentine1883 convolute1887 swirl1902 whorl1904 1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper ii. 143 The red scarlet lace of Christs blood, must be entortled and interwoven into a bracelet. 1652 W. Sclater, Jr. Civil Magistracy Ep. Ded. sig. A2^v All which so intortelled as they are within each other..they are as the Gold of Havilah, Good. 1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures (1663) xxviii. 110 His tail might be some twenty fathoms long, and was entortilled about such another Monster. Derivatives enˈtortilled adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [adjective] > disposed in or forming (a) coil(s) twinedc1300 wounda1382 wreathenc1400 wrinkledc1403 wreathedc1425 whorlish1562 folded1570 writhen1584 upwound1590 entortilled1629 coiled1661 whirled1715 whirl-shaped1762 crinkum-crankum1766 convoluted1811 gyrated1822 rounded1845 vorticiform1849 looped1850 vorticose1870 convolute1874 gyrate1876 swirled1909 snake-spiral1922 1629 tr. Herodian Hist. (1635) 236 By which darke and intortled Speeches he meant they should rather ghesse at what was done, than directly understand him. entortiˈllation n. Obsolete the action of twisting or entwining. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [noun] > coiling or winding together > example of entortillation1633 intortillage1809 1633 J. Done tr. ‘Aristeas’ Aunc. Hist. Septuagint sig. D8 Borders, Raysings, Flowries, and Wrappings, Entortilations, and such like. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.1629
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