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ANFRACTUOUS

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an⋅frac⋅tu⋅ous

  [an-frak-choo-uhs]
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–adjective
characterized by windings and turnings; sinuous; circuitous: an anfractuous path.
Origin:
1615–25; back formation from anfractuosity
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an·frac·tu·ous   (ān-frāk'chōō-əs)   
adj.  Full of twists and turns; tortuous.

[From Late Latin anfractuōsus, from Latin anfrāctus, winding : am-, ambi-, around; see ambi- + frāctus, past participle of frangere, to break; see bhreg- in Indo-European roots.]
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anfractuous 
1621, from L. anfractuous, from anfractus "a winding," from am(bi)- "around" + frangere "to break" (see fraction).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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