Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗The state, quality, or condition of being physically bent or twisted out of shape. · The state, quality, or condition of being deviant from what is right or proper morally or mentally. · A distortion or twist, such as in a piece of wood (also used figuratively). · A mental or moral distortion, deviation, or aberration.
From Middle English warp, werp, from Old English wearp, warp (“a warp, threads stretched lengthwise in a loom, twig, osier”), from Proto-Germanic *warpą (“a warp”). Cognate with Middle Dutch warp, Middle Low German warp, German werfen, Danish and Swedish varp.
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This page abbreviates 7 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
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