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plot-twisty en · ADJ

Etymology

From plot twist + -y.

Meanings

  1. (rare) Relating to or characteristic of a plot twist.
    • It can start to feel like Woolcock is on the the^([sic]) verge of making Les Pêcheurs de Perles feel contemporary, and profound. But in the end, she doesn’t have a trick up her sleeve that can fix the jagged, plot-twisty ending (long judged implausible, even by operatic standards). 2016 January 5, Seth Colter Walls, “Les Pêcheurs de Perles review – inconsistently ravishing”, in The Guardian:

Forms

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more plot-twisty Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most plot-twisty Degree=Sup lexicographic