TORTIOUS


Meaning of TORTIOUS in English

[ 'tɔ:ʃəs ]

■ adjective Law constituting a tort; wrongful.

Derivatives

~ly adverb

Origin

ME (orig. in the sense 'injurious'): from Anglo-Norman Fr. torcious , from the stem of torcion 'extortion, violence', from late L. tortio(n-) (see torsion ).

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