wramp

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A wrench, twist, or sprain of the body.
  2. A twisted or distorted view or understanding.
verb
  1. To sprain (part of the body).

Word forms

wramp wramps wramping wramped

Etymology

Exact origin uncertain, but apparently related to Danish vrampet (“warped, twisted”), Middle Low German wrempich, wrampachtich (“warped, twisted”).

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