torvous
English
Etymology
From Latin torvus. See torved.
Adjective
torvous (comparative more torvous, superlative most torvous)
- (obsolete) sour of aspect; of a severe countenance; stern; grim
- Derham
- that torvous, sour look produced by anger
- Derham
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for torvous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)