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tirrit(dictionary)

inextricable (iou) and tirrit (iou)


inextricable (iou)



inextricable adjective. M16.
[Latin inextricabilis, formed as IN-3 + extricare EXTRICATE: see -ABLE.]
(Of a circumstance) unable to be escaped from; (of a place, esp. a maze) so complicated or confusing that no means of exit can be found (now rare). M16.
E. Cooke That he should run himself into inextricable Danger by going on.
(Of a knot, coil, etc.) unable to be disentangled or untied; (of a problem, difficulty, argument, etc.) unable to be solved or resolved, intricately involved or confused. E17.
S. Spender They know inextricable knots which bind each to himself. L. Durrell For those of us..who are at all conscious of the inextricable tangle of human thoughts.
b. Of a grasp: unable to be loosened or detached. M19.
Intricate, elaborate, exquisitely wrought. rare. L17.
Hannah More A net of such exquisite Art and inextricable workmanship.
inextrica'bility noun M19.
inextricably adverb L16.

tirrit (iou)



tirrit noun. rare. L16.
[Origin uncertain: perh. alt. of terror.]
A fit of fear or temper; an upset, a disturbance.
Shakespeare 2 Henry IV Here's a goodly tumult! I'll forswear keeping house afore I'll be in these tirrits and frights.