colltort

Significat (Anglès)

a wryneck, specifically the Eurasian wryneck (Jynx torquilla)

Sinònims

hipòcrita

fariseu

fals

farisaic

torcecoll

rosegaaltars

llengut

beguí

Traduccions

hypocrite

hipócrita

wryneck

pharisaic

pharisaical

dissimulator

pietistical

hypocrite

pretender

sanctimonious

self-righteous

phony

Eurasian wryneck

phoney

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

[ˌkɔʎˈtɔrt]

Etimologia (Anglès)

Cognat amb italià: collotorto

In summary

From coll (“neck”) + tort (“bent, twisted, crooked”), in sense 2 associating religious people to excessively bowing and looking downwards. Compare Italian collotorto.