Writhe vs Writhen - What's the difference?
writhe | writhen |
To twist, to wring (something).
To contort (a part of the body).
*, II.17:
*:Cicero (as I remember) had gotten a custome to wryth his nose, which signifieth a naturall scoffer.
To twist or contort the body; to be distorted.
* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=October 1, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC Sport
, title= (knot theory) The number of negative crossings subtracted from the number of positive crossings in a knot
(archaic)
Twisted, contorted.
Made or shaped by intertwining; plaited.
English irregular past participles
As verbs the difference between writhe and writhen
is that writhe is to twist, to wring (something) while writhen is (archaic).As a noun writhe
is (knot theory) the number of negative crossings subtracted from the number of positive crossings in a knot.As an adjective writhen is
twisted, contorted.writhe
English
Verb
Everton 0-2 Liverpool, passage=The game was engulfed in controversy when Rodwell appeared to win the ball cleanly in a midfield challenge with Suarez. The tackle drew an angry response from Liverpool's players- Lucas in particular as Suarez writhed in agony - but it was an obvious injustice when the England Under-21 midfielder was shown the red card.}} (Webster 1913)
