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单词 writhable
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writhableadj.

Forms: late Middle English wryþabil.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: writhe v., -able suffix.
Etymology: < writhe v. + -able suffix. N.E.D. (1928) gives the pronunciation as (rəi·ðăb'l) /ˈraɪðəb(ə)l/.
Obsolete. rare.
Capable of being bent or twisted.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [adjective] > twisted spirally > able to be
writhablec1450
c1450 (?c1425) St. Christina in Anglia (1885) 8 126 (MED) She..croked hir armes & fyngers as if þey were wryþabil for softenesse & with-outen bones.
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