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anfractuous

[ an-frak-choo-uhs ]

adjective

  1. characterized by windings and turnings; sinuous; circuitous:

    an anfractuous path.



anfractuous

/ 忙苍藞蹿谤忙办迟蕛蕣蓹蝉 /

adjective

  1. characterized by twists and turns; convoluted
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of anfractuous1

First recorded 1575鈥85; from French anfractueux, from Late Latin anfractuosus 鈥渞oundabout, prolix,鈥 from Latin anfractus 鈥渂end, curve鈥 (equivalent to the prefix am-, an-, a rare variant of ambi- 鈥渂oth, around, about鈥) and a derivative of the verb frangere 鈥渢o break, shatter, smash鈥 + adjective suffix -osus; fraction ( def ), break ( def ), -ose 1( def )
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of anfractuous1

C17: from Late Latin 补苍蹿谤补肠迟耻艒蝉耻蝉, from Latin anfractus a digression, literally: a bending
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For throughout the labyrinth of all this anfractuous narrative there was indeed one guiding ray of light.

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Winding; full of windings and turnings; sinuous; tortuous; as, the anfractuous spires of a born.

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Thin, anfractuous highways and dirt roads scarred the green and brown landscape, and as far as the eye could reach were to be seen farmhouses and barns and silos.

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Paint me a cavernous waste shore Cast in the unstilted Cyclades, Paint me the bold anfractuous rocks Faced by the snarled and yelping seas.

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A state of being anfractuous, or full of windings and turnings; sinuosity.

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