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anfractuosity

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an⋅frac⋅tu⋅os⋅i⋅ty

  [an-frak-choo-os-i-tee]
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–noun
1. the state or quality of being anfractuous.
2. a channel, crevice, or passage full of windings and turnings.
Origin:
1590–1600; < L anfrāctuōs(us) winding (anfrāctu(s) a bend (see ambi-, fracto-) + -ōsus -ose 1 ) + -ity
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an·frac·tu·os·i·ty   (ān-frāk'chōō-ŏs'ĭ-tē)   
n.   pl. an·frac·tu·os·i·ties

  1. The condition or quality of having many twists and turns.

  2. A winding channel, passage, or crevice.

  3. A complicated or involved process.

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