warp

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting
  2. noun a shape distorted by twisting or folding
  3. noun a moral or mental distortion

Etymology

From Middle English warp, werp, from Old English wearp, warp (“a warp, threads stretched lengthwise in a loom, twig, osier”), from Proto-Germanic *warpą (“a warp”). Cognate with Middle Dutch warp, Middle Low German warp, German werfen, Danish varp, Swedish varp.

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