Wrynecked
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Wrynecked is an adjective meaning (archaic) torticollic.
Meaning
(archaic) torticollic.
Example Sentences
“Thou wry-necked, trash-mongering, swaggering, double-tongued, huff-snuff!”
In the thick of these scents and sounds [...] reclined Captain John Barker—a little wry-necked gentleman, with a prodigious hump between his shoulders, and legs that dangled two inches off the floor.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include torticollis, tortive, twistical, writhled, stiff-necked, wrong.
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