Etymograph

English

Twistian

From Twist + -ian.

Formed from Twist + -ian

Old English *twist

Middle English twist ‘the flat part of a hinge’

English Twist

Today it means

adj Of or relating to Oliver Twist (from the 1838 novel by Charles Dickens), a mistreated orphan who scandalizes the workhouse by daring to ask for more food.

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