twistification

twistification
a) The act of twisting or its result; convolution or distortion.

"Why, plain language is best, when one knows the body one is speaking to; and I verily believe there is not a man on art <!sic that has less twistification in thought, word or deed than you, Mr. Spiffard."

b) A type of dance.

He is the quaintest and queerest personage you ever saw, full of dry jokes, the humor of which is so incorporated with the strange twistifications of his physiognomy, that his sayings ought to be written down, accompanied with illustrations by Cruikshank.


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