twistical, a. colloq.
(ˈtwɪstɪkəl)
[irreg. f. twist + -ical.]
Somewhat twisted or crooked; fig. not straight or plain in character; morally or mentally tortuous.
| 1805 T. G. Fessenden Democracy Unveiled v. 158 Certain sages, learn'd and twistical... Have prov'd what's wonderful. 1815 D. Humphreys Yankee in Eng. 43 In his dealings with t'other sex, he is a leetle twistical. 1852 A. Ballou Spirit Manifest. Pref. 9 They are..prejudiced, captious, twistical. 1890 Harper's Mag. Feb. 449/1 It lay on the route to Edinburgh, at a rather twistical sort of corner. |