twi-twy-comb. form

Stress is usually attracted to this combining form.

Etymology: Old English twi- = Old Frisian twi- , Middle Low German twi- , Middle Dutch twe- , Dutch twee- , Old High German zwi- , German zwie- , Old Norse tví- , Norwegian, Swedish, Danish tve- ; cognate with Sanskrit dvi- , Greek δι- , Latin bi- , Lithuania dvi- , from root akin to Sanskrit dwau , dwē , Greek δύο , Latin duo , two adj., n., and adv. In Old English the regular combining form expressing two, sometimes twice.

a. In parasynthetic combinations with noun + -ed suffix², forming adjectives with the sense ‘having two..’, ‘two..-ed’; also with noun simply, in the same sense, as adjective.

twi-arched adj.

Brit.

/ˈtwʌɪɑːtʃt/

U.S.

/ˈtwaɪˌɑrtʃt/

ΚΠ

1903 Westm. Gaz. 22 Aug. 2/1 A twi-arched bridge of stone.

twi-clustered adj.

Brit.

/ˈtwʌɪklʌstəd/

U.S.

/ˈtwaɪˌkləstərd/

ΚΠ

a1834 S. T. Coleridge Pang More Sharp ii Babe..From its twy-cluster'd hiding-place of snow.

twi-coloured adj.

Brit.

/ˈtwʌɪkʌləd/

U.S.

/ˈtwaɪˌkələrd/

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > variegation > [adjective] > two colours

dichroitic1822

dichromatica1830

dichroic1849

dichroous1856

dichromic1860

dichroistic1877

bicolour1889

two-toned1897

twi-coloured1903

two-tone1906

bichrome1929

duotone1934

1903 Academy 18 July 56/1 A twi-coloured thread, red and white.

1904 R. J. Farrer Garden of Asia 270 Little twy-coloured bubbles.

twi-eared adj.

Brit.

/ˈtwʌɪɪəd/

U.S.

/ˈtwaɪˌɪ(ə)rd/

ΚΠ

1879 S. H. Butcher & A. Lang tr. Homer Odyssey 359 A..twy-eared chalice of gold.

twi-faced adj.

Brit.

/ˈtwʌɪfeɪst/

U.S.

/ˈtwaɪˌfeɪst/

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [adjective] > double-dealing

twifoldc897

doublea1340

twice-sworn1542

ambidexter1549

double-hearteda1555

double-faced1574

doubling1581

double-dealing1587

twi-faced1635

two-faceda1640

ambidextrous1646

double-headed1646

two-hearteda1656

ambidextral1665

twistical1805

twistifying1845

twistified1872

duplicitous1958

1635 F. Quarles Emblemes v. xiv. 298 Wry-mouth'd disdaine,..And twy-fac'd Fraud.

1875 W. Morris tr. Virgil Æneids xii. 198 Twi-faced Janus.

twi-flamed adj.

Brit.

/ˈtwʌɪfleɪmd/

U.S.

/ˈtwaɪˌfleɪmd/

ΚΠ

1822 T. G. Wainewright Ess. & Crit. (1880) 298 The twi-flamed torch.

twi-gated adj.

Brit.

/ˈtwʌɪɡeɪtᵻd/

U.S.

/ˈtwaɪˌɡeɪdᵻd/

ΚΠ

1573 T. Twyne tr. Virgil in T. Phaer & T. Twyne tr. Virgil Whole .xii. Bks. Æneidos x. D d j In parliment house they sat twigated wyde.

twi-headed adj.

Brit.

/ˈtwʌɪhɛdᵻd/

U.S.

/ˈtwaɪˌhɛdəd/

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic representations of creatures > [adjective] > specific > with two heads

twi-headed1895

1895 Month June 237 Illustrations of the eagle both single and twi-headed.

twi-linked adj.

Brit.

/ˈtwʌɪlɪŋkt/

U.S.

/ˈtwaɪˌlɪŋkt/

ΚΠ

1875 W. Morris tr. Virgil Æneids xii. 375 His twilinked coat of mail.

twi-mouthed adj.

Brit.

/ˈtwʌɪmaʊðd/

U.S.

/ˈtwaɪˌmaʊðd/

ΚΠ

1875 W. Morris tr. Virgil Æneids ix. 617 To hear the flute's twi-mouthed song.

twi-natured adj.

Brit.

/ˈtwʌɪneɪtʃəd/

U.S.

/ˈtwaɪˌneɪtʃərd/

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > duality > [adjective] > composed of two constituents

twin1584

twiform1607

twofolda1616

twindle1636

twi-natured1868

twi-shaped1875

1868 Ld. Tennyson Lucretius in Macmillan's Mag. May 7 A satyr,..but him I proved impossible; Twy-natured is no nature.

1879 F. W. H. Myers in 19th Cent. June 959 That strange antithesis in the ‘twy-natured’ French.

1916 G. Saintsbury Peace of Augustans viii. 287 The cat was a nymph and the nymph was a cat; the two lines fit the twynatured creature in both its natures.

twi-necked adj.

Brit.

/ˈtwʌɪnɛkt/

U.S.

/ˈtwaɪˌnɛkt/

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > [adjective]

figural?a1500

sacramental1534

shadowing1579

hieroglyphical1581

similitudinary1581

morala1616

symbolical1620

characterical1634

shadowy1641

emblematical1644

emblematic1645

hieroglyphic1647

symbolic1681

emblematizing1751

tokening1820

imagerial1837

twi-necked1840

personating1851

symptomatic1853

symbolizing1909

uroboric1958

1840 R. Browning Sordello iv. 388 The Kaiser's ominous sign~mark..The crowned, grim, twy-necked eagle.

twi-peaked adj.

Brit.

/ˈtwʌɪpiːkt/

U.S.

/ˈtwaɪˌpikt/

ΚΠ

1906 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 319 A twy-peaked monticule.

twi-pointed adj.

Brit.

/ˈtwʌɪpɔɪntᵻd/

U.S.

/ˈtwaɪˌpɔɪn(t)ᵻd/

ΚΠ

1623 W. Lisle in tr. Ælfric Saxon Treat. Old & New Test. Ded. 1 Twi-pointed Pernas hill.

twi-serpented adj.

Brit.

/ˈtwʌɪsəːpəntᵻd/

U.S.

/ˈtwaɪˌsərpəntəd/

ΚΠ

1907 F. Thompson Hermes in New Poems 188 Behold, with rod twy-serpented Hermes, the prophet.

twi-shaped adj.

Brit.

/ˈtwʌɪʃeɪpt/

U.S.

/ˈtwaɪˌʃeɪpt/

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > duality > [adjective] > composed of two constituents

twin1584

twiform1607

twofolda1616

twindle1636

twi-natured1868

twi-shaped1875

1875 W. Morris tr. Virgil Æneids vi. 286 Twi-shaped Scyllas.

twi-top adj.

Brit.

/ˈtwʌɪtɒp/

U.S.

/ˈtwaɪˌtɑp/

ΚΠ

1622 G. Wither Faire-virtue sig. E2 The twy-top Hill, Where the Poets, learne their skill.

b. With adjective or participle in sense ‘in two ways or respects, doubly’.

twi-streaming adj.

Brit.

/ˈtwʌɪstriːmɪŋ/

U.S.

/ˈtwaɪˌstrimɪŋ/

ΚΠ

1796 S. T. Coleridge Relig. Musings in Poems Var. Subj. 154 Property..twy-streaming fount, Whence Vice and Virtue flow, honey and gall.

twi-yoked adj.

Brit.

/ˈtwʌɪjəʊkt/

U.S.

/ˈtwaɪˌjoʊkt/

ΚΠ

1875 W. Morris tr. Virgil Æneids xii. 164 With twiyoked horses white.

c. With noun in sense ‘twofold, double’.

twi-circle n.

Brit.

/ˈtwʌɪsəːkl/

U.S.

/ˈtwaɪˌsərk(ə)l/

ΚΠ

1895 F. Thompson Sister-songs 13 In twi-circle o'er the grass.

twi-nature n.

Brit.

/ˈtwʌɪneɪtʃə/

U.S.

/ˈtwaɪˌneɪtʃər/

ΚΠ

1897 W. B. Yeats Secret Rose 178 Then the twy-nature faded.

twi-reason n.

Brit.

/ˈtwʌɪriːzn/

U.S.

/ˈtwaɪˌriz(ə)n/

ΚΠ

a1637 B. Jonson Magnetick Lady iii. vi. 7 in Wks. (1640) III You shall pardon me For a twi-reason of State.

d. In sense ‘twice’ or ‘a second time’, as adjective.

twi-born adj.

Brit.

/ˈtwʌɪbɔːn/

U.S.

/ˈtwaɪˌbɔrn/

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [adjective] > relating to Bacchus > having attributes of > born twice

twice-born14..

twi-born1908

1908 G. Murray Euripides' Hippolytus 30 That Mother fair Of Twy-born Bacchus.

2. Special combinations: See also twibill n., twibit n., twifallow v., twifold adj. and adv., twilight n., twirede adj., twispeche n.

twi-banked adj.

Brit.

/ˈtwʌɪbaŋkt/

U.S.

/ˈtwaɪˌbæŋkt/

having two banks of oars.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels propelled by oars or poles > [adjective] > with (spec. number of) banks of oars

bireme1600

quadrireme1600

trireme1699

well-benched1784

twi-banked1875

double-banked-

1875 W. Morris tr. Virgil Æneids viii. 79 Two twi-banked keels.

twi-car n.

Brit.

/ˈtwʌɪkɑː/

U.S.

/ˈtwaɪˌkɑr/

used by W. Morris to represent Greek δίϕρος chariot (properly ‘the chariot-board, on which two could stand’, Latin & Sc.).

ΚΠ

1887 W. Morris tr. Homer Odyssey I. xv. 269 But abide till I bring to thy twi-car the gifts.

twichild n.

Brit.

/ˈtwʌɪtʃʌɪld/

U.S.

/ˈtwaɪˌtʃaɪld/

(also twy-child) obsolete exc. dialect one who is ‘twice a child’, an old man in his second childhood; also, (one's) second childhood; also as adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > old person > [noun] > infirm old person

decrepit1578

twichildc1580

the world > people > person > old person > [adjective] > second childhood

twichildc1580

twice-childish1605

the world > people > person > old person > [noun] > second childhood

second childhood1549

second childishnessa1616

second infancya1627

second childship1691

infancy1697

twichild1889

c1580 tr. Bugbears i. iii, in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1897) 98 313 O my twichild and my babye!

1656 tr. J. A. Comenius Latinæ Linguæ Janua Reserata: Gate Lat. Tongue Unlocked xx. §199 Old men are said to grow children again, and to bee twichilde.

1829 R. Southey Oliver Newman vi Encumber'd with a twichild man.

1889 A. Gissing Both of this Parish II. xxiii. 175 I thought it was but a deception o' my twichild, for I be getting aged.

twifoil n.

Brit.

/ˈtwʌɪfɔɪl/

U.S.

/ˈtwaɪˌfɔɪl/

(also twy-foil) Heraldry = dufoil n.

ΚΠ

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. iv. §2. 58 He beareth Argent, a Dufoile or Twyfoile, Vert, flowered, Purpure. The Flower is like that which we commonly call Dogstones,..but more spireing.

c1828 W. Berry Encycl. Her. I. Gloss. Twyfoil or Dufoil.

1891 Cent. Dict. Twifoil.

twi-forked adj.

Brit.

/ˈtwʌɪfɔːkt/

U.S.

/ˈtwaɪˌfɔrkt/

divided in two like a fork, bifurcate.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > division into two > [adjective] > bifurcated

twiselc1000

forked1398

twisted1398

grained1513

bi-furked?1545

biforked1578

two-forked1579

crotched1587

forken1631

twi-forked1635

bifurcous1656

forky1702

swallow-tailed1726

bidential1730

bifurcate1835

bifurcated1853

bifurcal1861

1635 F. Quarles Emblemes ii. xiii. 113 Her flaming head, Twyfork'd with death.

1639 G. Daniel Ecclus. xxvii. 60 A Twi-forkt Iavelin doth divide his heart.

1658 T. Bromhall Treat. Specters iv. 258 Ioves twy-forked lightning.

1738 Gentleman's Mag. June 375/1 Twi-fork'd Malvern with his tow'ring height.

twiform adj.

Brit.

/ˈtwʌɪfɔːm/

U.S.

/ˈtwaɪˌfɔrm/

(also twi-formed) having a double form; formed of two (esp. different or incongruous) parts (in quot. 1703, having some part double).

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > duality > [adjective] > composed of two constituents

twin1584

twiform1607

twofolda1616

twindle1636

twi-natured1868

twi-shaped1875

1607 J. Davies Summa Totalis sig. H3 This huge twy-form'd Fabrick.

1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 7 Twiform'd Creatures, as..a Serpent with a Head at each end; the Spread Eagle with 2 Heads.

1812 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Purgatorio xxxii. 95 The wain..Bound to the twyform beast.

1852 C. Kingsley Andromeda 58 Twyformed, many-handed, terrible, shapeless.

1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid vi, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 264 Here the twiformed Minotaur, two bodies combined.

1907 F. Thompson Ode Setting Sun Thou twi-form deity.

twi-life n.

Brit.

/ˈtwʌɪlʌɪf/

U.S.

/ˈtwaɪˌlaɪf/

(nonce-word after twilight) a life marked by indistinct perception or consciousness.

ΚΠ

1889 Lowell in Atlantic Monthly LXIV. 146 This illusion..That witches us to hear and see As in a twi-life what it will.

twi-minded adj.

Brit.

/ˌtwʌɪˈmʌɪndᵻd/

U.S.

/ˌtwaɪˈmaɪndᵻd/

having two minds or thoughts (about something); considering (it) in two ways or aspects.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > state of uncertainty, suspense > [adjective] > considering options

pendulous1624

twi-minded1883

1883 G. Meredith Earth & Man xliv Twi-minded of him, as the waxing tree, Or dated leaf.

1886 E. Dowden Let. Jan. in Fragm. from Old Lett. (1914) I. 176 You raise..a difficult general question concerning the destruction of old letters. As usual, I am twi-minded.

1932 V. Woolf Common Reader 2nd Ser. 174 From the first he [sc. Hazlitt] was a twy-minded man.

twi-prong n.

Brit.

/ˈtwʌɪprɒŋ/

U.S.

/ˈtwaɪˌprɔŋ/

/ˈtwaɪˌprɑŋ/

a two-pronged fork.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > digging or lifting tools > [noun] > fork > two-pronged

bicornec1420

twi-prong1840

biprong1872

1840 R. Browning Sordello iii. 1019 That's no twy-prong, but a pastoral cross.

1884 R. Browning Camel-driver in Ferishtah's Fancies 51 This red-hot twy-prong.

twi-thought n.

Brit.

/ˈtwʌɪθɔːt/

U.S.

/ˈtwaɪˌθɔt/

/ˈtwaɪˌθɑt/

[after twilight] an indistinct or vague thought.Apparently an isolated use.

ΚΠ

1885 G. Meredith Diana of Crossways II. ix. 212 Diana saw herself through the haze she conjured up. ‘Am I worse than other women?’ was a piercing twi-thought.

† twi-wifing n. Obsolete bigamy.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > types of marriage custom or practice > [noun] > polygamy > bigamy

bigamya1325

twi-wifinga1325

digamy1638

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 450 Bigamie..On engleis tale twie-wifing.

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单词	twi-
释义	twi-twy-comb. form Stress is usually attracted to this combining form. Etymology: Old English twi- = Old Frisian twi- , Middle Low German twi- , Middle Dutch twe- , Dutch twee- , Old High German zwi- , German zwie- , Old Norse tví- , Norwegian, Swedish, Danish tve- ; cognate with Sanskrit dvi- , Greek δι- , Latin bi- , Lithuania dvi- , from root akin to Sanskrit dwau , dwē , Greek δύο , Latin duo , two adj., n., and adv. In Old English the regular combining form expressing two, sometimes twice. 1. a. In parasynthetic combinations with noun + -ed suffix², forming adjectives with the sense ‘having two..’, ‘two..-ed’; also with noun simply, in the same sense, as adjective. twi-arched adj. Brit. /ˈtwʌɪɑːtʃt/ , U.S. /ˈtwaɪˌɑrtʃt/ ΚΠ 1903 Westm. Gaz. 22 Aug. 2/1 A twi-arched bridge of stone. twi-clustered adj. Brit. /ˈtwʌɪklʌstəd/ , U.S. /ˈtwaɪˌkləstərd/ ΚΠ a1834 S. T. Coleridge Pang More Sharp ii Babe..From its twy-cluster'd hiding-place of snow. twi-coloured adj. Brit. /ˈtwʌɪkʌləd/ , U.S. /ˈtwaɪˌkələrd/ ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > [adjective] > two colours dichroitic1822 dichromatica1830 dichroic1849 dichroous1856 dichromic1860 dichroistic1877 bicolour1889 two-toned1897 twi-coloured1903 two-tone1906 bichrome1929 duotone1934 1903 Academy 18 July 56/1 A twi-coloured thread, red and white. 1904 R. J. Farrer Garden of Asia 270 Little twy-coloured bubbles. twi-eared adj. Brit. /ˈtwʌɪɪəd/ , U.S. /ˈtwaɪˌɪ(ə)rd/ ΚΠ 1879 S. H. Butcher & A. Lang tr. Homer Odyssey 359 A..twy-eared chalice of gold. twi-faced adj. Brit. /ˈtwʌɪfeɪst/ , U.S. /ˈtwaɪˌfeɪst/ ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [adjective] > double-dealing twifoldc897 doublea1340 twice-sworn1542 ambidexter1549 double-hearteda1555 double-faced1574 doubling1581 double-dealing1587 twi-faced1635 two-faceda1640 ambidextrous1646 double-headed1646 two-hearteda1656 ambidextral1665 twistical1805 twistifying1845 twistified1872 duplicitous1958 1635 F. Quarles Emblemes v. xiv. 298 Wry-mouth'd disdaine,..And twy-fac'd Fraud. 1875 W. Morris tr. Virgil Æneids xii. 198 Twi-faced Janus. twi-flamed adj. Brit. /ˈtwʌɪfleɪmd/ , U.S. /ˈtwaɪˌfleɪmd/ ΚΠ 1822 T. G. Wainewright Ess. & Crit. (1880) 298 The twi-flamed torch. twi-gated adj. Brit. /ˈtwʌɪɡeɪtᵻd/ , U.S. /ˈtwaɪˌɡeɪdᵻd/ ΚΠ 1573 T. Twyne tr. Virgil in T. Phaer & T. Twyne tr. Virgil Whole .xii. Bks. Æneidos x. D d j In parliment house they sat twigated wyde. twi-headed adj. Brit. /ˈtwʌɪhɛdᵻd/ , U.S. /ˈtwaɪˌhɛdəd/ ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic representations of creatures > [adjective] > specific > with two heads twi-headed1895 1895 Month June 237 Illustrations of the eagle both single and twi-headed. twi-linked adj. Brit. /ˈtwʌɪlɪŋkt/ , U.S. /ˈtwaɪˌlɪŋkt/ ΚΠ 1875 W. Morris tr. Virgil Æneids xii. 375 His twilinked coat of mail. twi-mouthed adj. Brit. /ˈtwʌɪmaʊðd/ , U.S. /ˈtwaɪˌmaʊðd/ ΚΠ 1875 W. Morris tr. Virgil Æneids ix. 617 To hear the flute's twi-mouthed song. twi-natured adj. Brit. /ˈtwʌɪneɪtʃəd/ , U.S. /ˈtwaɪˌneɪtʃərd/ ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > duality > [adjective] > composed of two constituents twin1584 twiform1607 twofolda1616 twindle1636 twi-natured1868 twi-shaped1875 1868 Ld. Tennyson Lucretius in Macmillan's Mag. May 7 A satyr,..but him I proved impossible; Twy-natured is no nature. 1879 F. W. H. Myers in 19th Cent. June 959 That strange antithesis in the ‘twy-natured’ French. 1916 G. Saintsbury Peace of Augustans viii. 287 The cat was a nymph and the nymph was a cat; the two lines fit the twynatured creature in both its natures. twi-necked adj. Brit. /ˈtwʌɪnɛkt/ , U.S. /ˈtwaɪˌnɛkt/ ΘΚΠ society > communication > representation > physical representation of abstraction > symbolizing > [adjective] figural?a1500 sacramental1534 shadowing1579 hieroglyphical1581 similitudinary1581 morala1616 symbolical1620 characterical1634 shadowy1641 emblematical1644 emblematic1645 hieroglyphic1647 symbolic1681 emblematizing1751 tokening1820 imagerial1837 twi-necked1840 personating1851 symptomatic1853 symbolizing1909 uroboric1958 1840 R. Browning Sordello iv. 388 The Kaiser's ominous sign~mark..The crowned, grim, twy-necked eagle. twi-peaked adj. Brit. /ˈtwʌɪpiːkt/ , U.S. /ˈtwaɪˌpikt/ ΚΠ 1906 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 319 A twy-peaked monticule. twi-pointed adj. Brit. /ˈtwʌɪpɔɪntᵻd/ , U.S. /ˈtwaɪˌpɔɪn(t)ᵻd/ ΚΠ 1623 W. Lisle in tr. Ælfric Saxon Treat. Old & New Test. Ded. 1 Twi-pointed Pernas hill. twi-serpented adj. Brit. /ˈtwʌɪsəːpəntᵻd/ , U.S. /ˈtwaɪˌsərpəntəd/ ΚΠ 1907 F. Thompson Hermes in New Poems 188 Behold, with rod twy-serpented Hermes, the prophet. twi-shaped adj. Brit. /ˈtwʌɪʃeɪpt/ , U.S. /ˈtwaɪˌʃeɪpt/ ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > duality > [adjective] > composed of two constituents twin1584 twiform1607 twofolda1616 twindle1636 twi-natured1868 twi-shaped1875 1875 W. Morris tr. Virgil Æneids vi. 286 Twi-shaped Scyllas. twi-top adj. Brit. /ˈtwʌɪtɒp/ , U.S. /ˈtwaɪˌtɑp/ ΚΠ 1622 G. Wither Faire-virtue sig. E2 The twy-top Hill, Where the Poets, learne their skill. b. With adjective or participle in sense ‘in two ways or respects, doubly’. twi-streaming adj. Brit. /ˈtwʌɪstriːmɪŋ/ , U.S. /ˈtwaɪˌstrimɪŋ/ ΚΠ 1796 S. T. Coleridge Relig. Musings in Poems Var. Subj. 154 Property..twy-streaming fount, Whence Vice and Virtue flow, honey and gall. twi-yoked adj. Brit. /ˈtwʌɪjəʊkt/ , U.S. /ˈtwaɪˌjoʊkt/ ΚΠ 1875 W. Morris tr. Virgil Æneids xii. 164 With twiyoked horses white. c. With noun in sense ‘twofold, double’. twi-circle n. Brit. /ˈtwʌɪsəːkl/ , U.S. /ˈtwaɪˌsərk(ə)l/ ΚΠ 1895 F. Thompson Sister-songs 13 In twi-circle o'er the grass. twi-nature n. Brit. /ˈtwʌɪneɪtʃə/ , U.S. /ˈtwaɪˌneɪtʃər/ ΚΠ 1897 W. B. Yeats Secret Rose 178 Then the twy-nature faded. twi-reason n. Brit. /ˈtwʌɪriːzn/ , U.S. /ˈtwaɪˌriz(ə)n/ ΚΠ a1637 B. Jonson Magnetick Lady iii. vi. 7 in Wks. (1640) III You shall pardon me For a twi-reason of State. d. In sense ‘twice’ or ‘a second time’, as adjective. twi-born adj. Brit. /ˈtwʌɪbɔːn/ , U.S. /ˈtwaɪˌbɔrn/ ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [adjective] > relating to Bacchus > having attributes of > born twice twice-born14.. twi-born1908 1908 G. Murray Euripides' Hippolytus 30 That Mother fair Of Twy-born Bacchus. 2. Special combinations: See also twibill n., twibit n., twifallow v., twifold adj. and adv., twilight n., twirede adj., twispeche n. twi-banked adj. Brit. /ˈtwʌɪbaŋkt/ , U.S. /ˈtwaɪˌbæŋkt/ having two banks of oars. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels propelled by oars or poles > [adjective] > with (spec. number of) banks of oars bireme1600 quadrireme1600 trireme1699 well-benched1784 twi-banked1875 double-banked- 1875 W. Morris tr. Virgil Æneids viii. 79 Two twi-banked keels. twi-car n. Brit. /ˈtwʌɪkɑː/ , U.S. /ˈtwaɪˌkɑr/ used by W. Morris to represent Greek δίϕρος chariot (properly ‘the chariot-board, on which two could stand’, Latin & Sc.). ΚΠ 1887 W. Morris tr. Homer Odyssey I. xv. 269 But abide till I bring to thy twi-car the gifts. twichild n. Brit. /ˈtwʌɪtʃʌɪld/ , U.S. /ˈtwaɪˌtʃaɪld/ (also twy-child) obsolete exc. dialect one who is ‘twice a child’, an old man in his second childhood; also, (one's) second childhood; also as adj. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > old person > [noun] > infirm old person decrepit1578 twichildc1580 the world > people > person > old person > [adjective] > second childhood twichildc1580 twice-childish1605 the world > people > person > old person > [noun] > second childhood second childhood1549 second childishnessa1616 second infancya1627 second childship1691 infancy1697 twichild1889 c1580 tr. Bugbears i. iii, in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1897) 98 313 O my twichild and my babye! 1656 tr. J. A. Comenius Latinæ Linguæ Janua Reserata: Gate Lat. Tongue Unlocked xx. §199 Old men are said to grow children again, and to bee twichilde. 1829 R. Southey Oliver Newman vi Encumber'd with a twichild man. 1889 A. Gissing Both of this Parish II. xxiii. 175 I thought it was but a deception o' my twichild, for I be getting aged. twifoil n. Brit. /ˈtwʌɪfɔɪl/ , U.S. /ˈtwaɪˌfɔɪl/ (also twy-foil) Heraldry = dufoil n. ΚΠ 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. iv. §2. 58 He beareth Argent, a Dufoile or Twyfoile, Vert, flowered, Purpure. The Flower is like that which we commonly call Dogstones,..but more spireing. c1828 W. Berry Encycl. Her. I. Gloss. Twyfoil or Dufoil. 1891 Cent. Dict. Twifoil. twi-forked adj. Brit. /ˈtwʌɪfɔːkt/ , U.S. /ˈtwaɪˌfɔrkt/ divided in two like a fork, bifurcate. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > division into two > [adjective] > bifurcated twiselc1000 forked1398 twisted1398 grained1513 bi-furked?1545 biforked1578 two-forked1579 crotched1587 forken1631 twi-forked1635 bifurcous1656 forky1702 swallow-tailed1726 bidential1730 bifurcate1835 bifurcated1853 bifurcal1861 1635 F. Quarles Emblemes ii. xiii. 113 Her flaming head, Twyfork'd with death. 1639 G. Daniel Ecclus. xxvii. 60 A Twi-forkt Iavelin doth divide his heart. 1658 T. Bromhall Treat. Specters iv. 258 Ioves twy-forked lightning. 1738 Gentleman's Mag. June 375/1 Twi-fork'd Malvern with his tow'ring height. twiform adj. Brit. /ˈtwʌɪfɔːm/ , U.S. /ˈtwaɪˌfɔrm/ (also twi-formed) having a double form; formed of two (esp. different or incongruous) parts (in quot. 1703, having some part double). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > duality > [adjective] > composed of two constituents twin1584 twiform1607 twofolda1616 twindle1636 twi-natured1868 twi-shaped1875 1607 J. Davies Summa Totalis sig. H3 This huge twy-form'd Fabrick. 1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 7 Twiform'd Creatures, as..a Serpent with a Head at each end; the Spread Eagle with 2 Heads. 1812 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Purgatorio xxxii. 95 The wain..Bound to the twyform beast. 1852 C. Kingsley Andromeda 58 Twyformed, many-handed, terrible, shapeless. 1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid vi, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 264 Here the twiformed Minotaur, two bodies combined. 1907 F. Thompson Ode Setting Sun Thou twi-form deity. twi-life n. Brit. /ˈtwʌɪlʌɪf/ , U.S. /ˈtwaɪˌlaɪf/ (nonce-word after twilight) a life marked by indistinct perception or consciousness. ΚΠ 1889 Lowell in Atlantic Monthly LXIV. 146 This illusion..That witches us to hear and see As in a twi-life what it will. twi-minded adj. Brit. /ˌtwʌɪˈmʌɪndᵻd/ , U.S. /ˌtwaɪˈmaɪndᵻd/ having two minds or thoughts (about something); considering (it) in two ways or aspects. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > state of uncertainty, suspense > [adjective] > considering options pendulous1624 twi-minded1883 1883 G. Meredith Earth & Man xliv Twi-minded of him, as the waxing tree, Or dated leaf. 1886 E. Dowden Let. Jan. in Fragm. from Old Lett. (1914) I. 176 You raise..a difficult general question concerning the destruction of old letters. As usual, I am twi-minded. 1932 V. Woolf Common Reader 2nd Ser. 174 From the first he [sc. Hazlitt] was a twy-minded man. twi-prong n. Brit. /ˈtwʌɪprɒŋ/ , U.S. /ˈtwaɪˌprɔŋ/ , /ˈtwaɪˌprɑŋ/ a two-pronged fork. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > digging or lifting tools > [noun] > fork > two-pronged bicornec1420 twi-prong1840 biprong1872 1840 R. Browning Sordello iii. 1019 That's no twy-prong, but a pastoral cross. 1884 R. Browning Camel-driver in Ferishtah's Fancies 51 This red-hot twy-prong. twi-thought n. Brit. /ˈtwʌɪθɔːt/ , U.S. /ˈtwaɪˌθɔt/ , /ˈtwaɪˌθɑt/ [after twilight] an indistinct or vague thought.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1885 G. Meredith Diana of Crossways II. ix. 212 Diana saw herself through the haze she conjured up. ‘Am I worse than other women?’ was a piercing twi-thought. † twi-wifing n. Obsolete bigamy. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > types of marriage custom or practice > [noun] > polygamy > bigamy bigamya1325 twi-wifinga1325 digamy1638 a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 450 Bigamie..On engleis tale twie-wifing. 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