Wrynecked
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 torticollic archaic
"In the thick of these scents and sounds [...] reclined Captain John Barker—a little wry-necked gentleman, with a prodigious hump between his shoulders, and legs that dangled two inches off the floor."
Example
More examples"In the thick of these scents and sounds [...] reclined Captain John Barker—a little wry-necked gentleman, with a prodigious hump between his shoulders, and legs that dangled two inches off the floor."
Etymology
From wryneck + -ed.