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anfractuosity
[ an-frak-choo-os-i-tee ]
noun
- the state or quality of being anfractuous.
- a channel, crevice, or passage full of windings and turnings.
anfractuosity
/ ˌænfræktʃʊˈɒsɪtɪ /
noun
- the condition or quality of being anfractuous
- a winding, circuitous, or intricate passage, surface, process, etc
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Word History and Origins
Origin of anfractuosity1
1590–1600; < Latin anfrāctuōs ( us ) winding ( anfrāctu ( s ) a bend ( ambi-, fractus ( def ) ) + -ōsus -ose 1 ) + -ity
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