See Also: hoiaspidean(medicine)
torment(medicine)
torment(2)(dictionary)
torment 1, noun(dictionary)
torment 2, verb(dictionary)

torment(2) (iou) and hoiaspidean (medicine)


torment(2) (iou)



torment verb trans. ME.
[Old French tormenter, (mod. also) tourmenter, formed as TORMENT noun Cf. late Latin tormentare.]
Inflict torment on; afflict with extreme pain, suffering, or anguish. Now also, worry excessively, trouble, annoy. ME.
D. L. Sayers Those nightmare doubts that..torment us. O. Manning Nothing could repel the tormenting flies that..hit one's face. Isaiah Berlin History will not..solve the great questions which have tormented..every generation.
Agitate, disturb; shake or stir up (lit. & fig.). Now rare or obsolete. LME.
b. fig. Twist, distort. rare. M17.
tormented adjective (a) tortured, pained, vexed; (b) US slang = DAMNED adjective 4: M16.
tormentedly adverb L19.
tormentingly adverb in a tormenting manner L16.
tormentous adjective (rare) = tormentuous L16-M17.
tormentress noun a female tormentor LME.
tormentuous adjective (rare) tormenting, torturing L16.

hoiaspidean (medicine)


hoiaspidean
<ornithology, zoology> Having a single series of large scutes on the posterior side of the tarsus; said of certain birds.

Origin: Holo- + Gr, shield.

Source: Websters Dictionary