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tortious

Syllabification: (tor·tious)
Pronunciation: /ˈtôrSHəs/

Definition of tortious

adjective

Law
  • constituting a tort; wrongful.

Derivatives

tortiously

adverb

Origin:

late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French torcious, from the stem of torcion 'extortion, violence', from late Latin tortio(n-) (see torsion). The original sense was 'injurious'

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Definition of tortious in the British & World English dictionary