A rare or archaic term meaning to twist together many times or to fold back on itself repeatedly.
From Latin 'contorquere' (to twist together) combined with 'duplicare' (to double or fold), creating a compound suggesting multiple foldings or twistings.
This is an extraordinarily rare word—so rare that it appears in only a handful of historical English texts—representing how medieval and Renaissance English experimented with Latin-based word construction to create specialized scientific and philosophical vocabulary.
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