retorcido

/retoɾˈθido/ · B2 · adj

twisted

🌀 re- + tors- (twist, as in torsion/tornado) + -ido = re-twisted, all wound up

From Latin retorquere, to twist back. English torque, torsion, and contort share the same root tors-/tort-. Something retorcido has been twisted again and again, so it is warped, or figuratively kinky or devious.

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