wrynecked

English

Etymology

wryneck +‎ -ed

Adjective

wrynecked (comparative more wrynecked, superlative most wrynecked)

1. (archaic) torticollic
   • 1891, Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, chapter 1, in The Blue Pavilions:

     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.

Translations

having a twisted or distorted neck

• Irish: cam-mhuineálach
• Maori: pane hapa

References

• “wrynecked”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.