wry-necked

or wry·necked

[ rahy-nekt ]

adjective

, Informal.

1. having torticollis.

Word History and Origins

Origin of wry-necked¹

First recorded in 1590–1600

Example Sentences

Surely you are not all so hard-hearted that you would be angry because a poor wry-necked fellow had been cured in five minutes.

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To princes I sang in a loftier tone Of Moran the just who refused a throne; Of Moran, whose torque would close, and choke The wry-necked witness that falsely spoke.

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However, said he to himself, it would be easy to make allowances for these things, but he began now to doubt whether thirteen days ahead he would use his wry-necked putting cleek or bolt the putt with an aluminium putter.

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Three or four couple was dancin', but none o' them was wry-necked enough to get the proper pose.

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Secondly, that the least Error, if grown sturdy and pressed, shall set open the Spittle-doore of all the squint ey'd, wry-necked, and brazen-faced Errors that are or ever were of that litter; if they be not enough to serve its turne, it will beget more, though it hath not one crust of reason to maintain them.

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