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6 letters · 8 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a painful injury to a joint caused by a sudden wrenching of its ligaments
verb twist suddenly so as to sprain
origin1601, verb attested 1622. Possibly borrowed from Middle French espraindre (“to press out, to wring”), from Latin exprimere, in which case cognate to express.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0