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writhen

[ rith-uhn ]

adjective

Archaic.
  1. twisted.


writhen

/ ˈɪðə /

verb

  1. a past participle of writhe
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. twisted; distorted
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of writhen1

before 900; Middle English, Old English; writhe, -en 2
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They lit a fire in a hollow, down among the roots of a spreading hawthorn, tall as a tree, writhen with age, but hale in every limb.

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Each grain of writhen dust, that drapes That sickly, staring shore, Its old chaotic change of shapes Remembers evermore.

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Methought his detestable features at length enlarged, moved, and were writhen in mockery and scorn.

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Chester Kent stooped over the writhen face, again peering close.

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But it seemed as though by a fire within Her writhen limbs were wrung; And as soon as the King was close to her, She stood up gaunt and strong.

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