thrawn

thrawn |THrôn θrɔn | ▶adjective Scottish perverse; ill-tempered: your mother's looking a bit thrawn this morning. • twisted; crooked: a slightly thrawn neck. ORIGIN late Middle English: Scots form of thrown (see throw ), in the obsolete sense ‘twisted, wrung. ’

thrawn

thrawn |θrɔːn | ▶adjective Scottish 1 twisted; crooked: a slightly thrawn neck. 2 perverse; ill-tempered: mother's looking a bit thrawn this morning. ORIGIN late Middle English: Scots form of thrown (see throw ), in the obsolete sense ‘twisted, wrung ’.