tortious
adj.
late 14c., "wrongful, illegal," from Anglo-French torcious (14c.), from stem of torcion, literally "a twisting," from Late Latin tortionem (see torsion, and compare tort). Meaning "pertaining to a tort" is from 1540s.
| 词汇 | tortious |
| 词根词缀 | Online Etymology Dictionary tortious adj. late 14c., "wrongful, illegal," from Anglo-French torcious (14c.), from stem of torcion, literally "a twisting," from Late Latin tortionem (see torsion, and compare tort). Meaning "pertaining to a tort" is from 1540s. |
| 随便看 |
英语词根词缀词典收录了54763条英语词根词缀词条，基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的词根、词缀及词根记忆法解析，是记忆英语词汇的必备工具。