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contortional

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con⋅tor⋅tion

  [kuhn-tawr-shuhn]
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–noun
1. the act or process of contorting.
2. the state of being contorted.
3. a contorted position.
4. something contorted or twisted, as in position or meaning: His account of the incident was a complete contortion of fact.
Origin:
1605–15; < L contortiōn- (s. of contortiō) a whirling around. See contort, -ion

Related forms:
con⋅tor⋅tion⋅al, adjective
con⋅tor⋅tioned, adjective
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