wry
意味
- (表情が)ゆがんだ,ねじれた
- 皮肉で(しんらつで,ひねくれて)おかしい
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English wrien, from Old English wrīġian (“to go, turn, twist, bend, strive, struggle, press forward, endeavor, venture”), from Proto-Germanic *wrigōną (“to wriggle”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyḱ- (“to turn, wrap, tie”), from *wer- (“to turn, bend”). Compare awry, wriggle.