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an⋅frac⋅tu⋅ous
[an-frak-choo-uh
s] 
–adjective
| characterized by windings and turnings; sinuous; circuitous: an anfractuous path. |
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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
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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anfractuous
1621, from L. anfractuous, from anfractus "a winding," from am(bi)- "around" + frangere "to break" (see fraction).
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