Emily Dickinson Lexicon

TOR'MENT, n. [Fr. tourment; L. tormentum; It. and Sp. tormento; probably from the root of L. torqueo, torno, Eng. tour; that is, from twisting, straining.]

1. Extreme pain; anguish; the utmost degree of misery, either of body or mind. The more I see / Pleasure about me, so much I feel / Torment within me. Milton. Lest they also come into this place of torment. Luke xvi. Rev. ix. xiv.
2. That which gives pain, vexation or misery. They brought to him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments. Matth. iv.
3. An engine for casting stones. Elyot.