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torn-word

  • noun [ neuter ]
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torn-word, es; n.
A word that causes distress or grief, a contemptuous, scornful word
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  • Hí mé hosp sprecaþ, tornworda fela,

      Exon. Th. 11, 17; Cri. 172.
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v. torn-wyrdan.
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v.  torn-wyrdan.
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  • torn-word, n.