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Word of the Day – Thrawn

By January 18, 2022Word of the Day

Thrawn (adj) (Scots)

thr-awn

Twisted or crooked/ Perverse or ill tempered.

Late Middle English Scots form of thrown (see throw), in the obsolete sense ‘twisted, wrung’.

Example sentences

“I think we’ve tolerated enough of his thrawn behaviour.”

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