thrawn

[ thrawn, thrahn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, Scots.

thrawn

/ θrɔːn /

Origin of thrawn¹

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English (north and Scots), variant of thrown; thraw

Origin of thrawn¹

Northern English dialect, variant of thrown , from Old English thrāwan to twist about, throw

Ay, I've had a grand walking tour, but the weather was a wee bit thrawn.

I'll neither mak or mar, as the young cock said when he saw the auld cock's neck thrawn.

The bedsteads hanging midway between floors look twisted and thrawn—nothing stands up straight.

Thrawn and twisted the old Gordon stock might be, but it had at least this one offshoot of perfect grace and symmetry.

What he had to say was of vast importance, and Thrawn Island shared in his achievement.

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