tort UK /tɔːt/US /tɔɹt/noun 4adjective 4forms 3 noun4 •A wrongful act, whether intentional or negligent, regarded as non-criminal and unrelated to a contract, which causes an injury and can be remedied in civil court, usually through the awarding of damages. •(slang) Clipping of tortoiseshell (“a domestic cat, guinea pig, rabbit, or other animal whose fur has black, brown, and yellow markings; a tortie”). •(slang) Clipping of tortoise. •(no longer used) An injury or wrong.For no vvild beasts should do them any torte / There or abroad, ne vvould his maiestye / Vse them but vvell, vvith gracious clemencye, / As vvhome he knevv to him both fast and true; […] — 1591 adjective4 •(dialect, UK) Synonym of tart (“sharp- or sour-tasting; (figuratively) keen, severe, sharp”) •(dialect, no longer used) Of a boat: watertight. •(dialect, no longer used) Synonym of taut (“stretched tight; under tension”).Yet holds he them with tortest rein, / That they may seize and entertain / The glance that to their glance opposes, / Like fiery honey sucked from roses. — 1847 •(no longer used) Twisted. formstorts · torter · tortest
