تلفظ بین المللی : /pɪkjˈuːliənəs/ تلفظ : [pIkj'u:li@3n@s]EnglishEnglish
English
The quality or state of being peculiar; peculiarity.
1. To twist; to turn; now, usually, to twist or turn so as to distort; to wring. "With writhing [turning] of a pin." Chaucer. Then Satan first knew pain, And writhed him to and fro. Milton. Her mouth she writhed, her forehead taught to frown. Dryden. His battle-writhen arms, and mighty hands. Tennyson. 2. To wrest; to distort; to pervert. ...