- tortious (adj.)
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[tortious 词源字典] - late 14c., "wrongful, illegal," from Anglo-French torcious (14c.), from stem of torcion, literally "a twisting," from Late Latin tortionem (see torsion, and compare tort). Meaning "pertaining to a tort" is from 1540s.[tortious etymology, tortious origin, 英语词源]