retorted
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English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈtɔɹtɪd/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈtɔːtɪd/
- Hyphenation: re‧tort‧ed
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Verb
[edit]retorted
- simple past and past participle of retort
Adjective
[edit]retorted (not comparable)
- (heraldry) Interlaced.
- 1769, John Thorpe, Registrum Roffense, page 804:
- Gules, a lion rampant, his tail forked Or; crest, a pied bull proper; dexter supporter, a griffin parted per fesse, argent and Or; sinister supporter, the same as the crest, horns, collar, and chain retorted, Or.
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Further reading
[edit]- 1892, John Woodward, George Burnett, A Treatise on Heraldry, British and Foreign: With English and French Glossaries, page 702:
- RETORTED - Bent, or twisted back.