Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Crooked or twisted; misshapen.
- adjective Perverse; contrary.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Twisted; wrenched; distorted; sprained: as, a thrawn stick; a thrawn foot.
- Cross-grained; perverse; contrary or contradictory.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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He shuffled a little faster -- still upon his knees -- his head still twisted over his shoulder 'thrawn' in terror of Sandie and the accusing corpse.
Border Ghost Stories Howard Pease
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There is something "thrawn," as the Scotch say, about the story; there is often a touch of this sinister kind in the author's work.
Essays in Little Andrew Lang 1878
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There's also a word which the people who live here like to use about themselves - "thrawn".
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'thrawn', and that was why he had lain on his back yet with his face turned away from me.
Prester John John Buchan 1907
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Being a thrawn sort however, the first thing I'm going to do is re-articulate the model.
Notes on Strange Fiction: Narrative's Function (1) Hal Duncan 2008
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Tagged: bonnie burton · crafts · lists · mara jade · maya · sith · the old republic mmo · thrawn trilogy · visions
2010 March 2010
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Tagged: bonnie burton · crafts · lists · mara jade · maya · sith · the old republic mmo · thrawn trilogy · visions
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I know that Luke and Leia are too old now for this much like they are now too old for the thrawn trilogy.
Could Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Be a Big Screen Movie? | /Film 2008
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Being a thrawn sort however, the first thing I'm going to do is re-articulate the model.
Archive 2008-08-01 Hal Duncan 2008
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Better for you to keep the true believers thinking that independence is just around the next corner than to have their hopes dashed by the electorate's thrawn (or bored) reluctance to play along.
chained_bear commented on the word thrawn
"'Geordie, put the tray down here, ye thrawn, ill-feckit gaberlunzie.'"
--Patrick O'Brian, The Hundred Days, 12
March 20, 2008
yarb commented on the word thrawn
It would be thrawn, as well, to query Cristiano Ronaldo while his goal hoard makes him so influential...
- Kevin McCarra in The Guardian, 15-4-08.
April 15, 2008
whichbe commented on the word thrawn
1. Contrary or perverse; twisted or misshapen.
2. Difficult, awkward.
(Wiktionary)
May 18, 2008
garyth123 commented on the word thrawn
rls has a short story thrawn janet
December 6, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word thrawn
Another usage on reester.
January 30, 2010