corbe

crooked

Adjective

  1. crooked
    • I deeme thy braine emperished bee Through rusty elde, that hath rotted thee: Or sicker thy head veray tottie is, So on thy corbe shoulder it leanes amisse. - 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Februarie....

Origin

From Old French corbe, from Latin curvus.

Forms

more corbe most corbe