anfractuous
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/ænˈfɹæktʃʊəs/
Definition of anfractuous
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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sinuous, twisty, winding.
“So intricate, ſo anfractuous, ſo unſearchable are the vvays of Providence.”
“1721 Thomas Gibson, M. D. Fellow of the College of Physicians, London: Anatomy of Humane Bodies epitomized. They are very anfractuous and winding, and (as was said) consist of many little Cells, that they should not pour out all the Seed contained in them, in one act of Copulation, but might retain it for several. They have no Communication one with another, not even in their very opening into the Urethra.”
“It was just that the story was anfractuous.”
“Shy, iridescent, coltish, pelvically anfractuous, amply busted, given to diffident movements”
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adj
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sinuous, twisty, winding.
“So intricate, ſo anfractuous, ſo unſearchable are the vvays of Providence.”
“1721 Thomas Gibson, M. D. Fellow of the College of Physicians, London: Anatomy of Humane Bodies epitomized. They are very anfractuous and winding, and (as was said) consist of many little Cells, that they should not pour out all the Seed contained in them, in one act of Copulation, but might retain it for several. They have no Communication one with another, not even in their very opening into the Urethra.”
“It was just that the story was anfractuous.”
“Shy, iridescent, coltish, pelvically anfractuous, amply busted, given to diffident movements”
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craggy, rugged, coarse, rough, uneven.
“Paint me the bold anfractuous rocks / Faced by the snarled and yelping seas.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Late Latin anfractuosus, from Latin anfractus (“bend, curve”).
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