# tortious

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈtɔːʃəs/ · frequency rank #86,861

## Definitions
1. Wrongful; harmful.
2. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of torts.

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English torcious, from Anglo-Norman torcious. By surface analysis, tort + -ious.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/tortious