Meaning

noun a tortuous and twisted shape or position

noun having or distinguished by crooks or curves or bends or angles

noun the quality of being deceitful and underhanded

originEtymology tree English crooked Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English crookedness From crooked + -ness.

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