English
tormentuous
From torment + -uous.
Formed from torment + -uous
Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- ‘to turn, spin’
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Latin torqueō ‘to twist’
Latin tormentum ‘something operated by twisting’
Old French torment ‘suffering’
Middle English torment
English torment
Today it means
adj Causing great grief or agony; painful; agonising
Sources
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Etymograph / tormentuous