tormentise

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === tormentyse === Etymology === Compare English torment. === Noun === tormentise torture; torment late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Monk's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 3705-3708: === References === “tormentise”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.