Twissel
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Twissel is an adjective meaning (obsolete) Double; twofold.
Meaning
(obsolete) Double; twofold.
More Meanings
- (rare) A double fruit or a pair of like things growing on a tree.
- (rare) That part of a tree where the branches separate from the trunk or bole; a fork.
Example Sentences
16thC, George Turberville, The Louer, in 1810, Samuel Johnson (series editor & biographies), Alexander Chalmers (additional biographies), The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume II, page 599, As from a tree we sundrie times espie / A twissell grow by Nature's subtile might / And beeing two, for cause they grow so nie / For one are tane, and so appeare in sight;
Word Forms
- twistle
- twissell
- twissels
Synonyms for twissel
Depending on context, synonyms include duplicate, twosome.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include twissell, twosome, twyfold, two-fold, double, sesquiduple.
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