Meaning of ANFRACTUOUS
| Pronunciation: | | an'frakchoous
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| | Definition: | | [adj] full of twists and turns; "anfractuous cliffs" |
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| | Synonyms: | | crooked |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \An*frac"tu*ous\, a. [L. anfractuosus, fr. anfractus
a turning, a winding, fr. the unused anfringere to wind,
bend; an-, for amb- + fractus, p. p. of frangere to break:
cf. F. anfractueux.]
Winding; full of windings and turnings; sinuous; tortuous;
as, the anfractuous spires of a born. --
{An*frac"tu*ous*ness}, n.
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| | Related Terms: | | ambagious, circuitous, circumlocutory, cochlear, cochleate, convoluted, convolutional, corkscrew, corkscrewy, flexuose, flexuous, helical, helicoid, involute, involuted, involutional, labyrinthine, mazy, meandering, meandrous, rivose, rivulose, roundabout, ruffled, screw-shaped, scrolled, serpentine, sinuate, sinuose, sinuous, snaky, spiral, spiroid, torsional, tortile, tortuous, turbinal, turbinate, turning, twisting, twisty, verticillate, volute, voluted, whorled, winding, wreathlike, wreathy |
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