twistical

== English == === Etymology === From twist +‎ -ical. === Adjective === twistical (comparative more twistical, superlative most twistical) (archaic, colloquial, regional) Crooked; tortuous. [From late 18th century] 1871, John William De Forest, Overland, New York: Sheldon, Chapter 15, p. 79,[2] He had queer twistical ways of reasoning which often proved the contrary of what he seemed to want to prove; (archaic, colloquial, regional) Perverse; unfair; dishonest. [From late 18th century] c. 1797 John Leland, remark made while preaching, cited in Berkshire Historical and Scientific Society, Berkshire Book, 1892, Volume 1, p. 283,[5] Godward he is an excellent man, manward he is rather twistical. 1836, Thomas Chandler Haliburton, The Clockmaker, Halifax, NS: J. Howe, p. 111,[6] […] well, he was a deep, sly, twistical lookin chap, as you een amost ever seed. === References === “twistical”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.