Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗Turned away, contorted (of the face or body). · Dryly humorous; sardonic or ironic, usually in a way that suggests acknowledgement of a problem or difficult situation. · Twisted, bent, crooked. · Deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place.
Distortion.
To turn (away); to swerve or deviate. · To divert; to cause to turn away. · To twist or contort (the body, face, etc.).
From Middle English wrien, from Old English wrīġian (“to go, turn, twist, bend, strive, struggle, press forward, endeavor, venture”), from Proto-Germanic *wrigōną (“to wriggle”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyḱ- (“to turn, wrap, tie”), from *wer- (“to turn, bend”). Compare awry, wriggle.
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