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单词 tortionary
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tortionaryadj.

Etymology: < medieval Latin tortiōnārius unjust, injurious (1394 in Du Cange), French tortionnaire , < Latin tortiōn-em ‘torment, torture’, in medieval Latin ‘exercise of violence’: see -ary suffix1.
Obsolete. rare.
Wrongful, illegal.
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tortious1528
tortionary1694
tortuous1839
1694 P. Falle Acct. Isle of Jersey vii. 215 A Prize made by one Pointy,..was..pronounced Tortionary, and Illegal, and Pointy adjudged to make Restitution.
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