anfractuous

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.4 Quotations

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Late Latin anfractuosus, from Latin anfractus ‘bend’.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /æn'fɹæktjʊəs/

[edit] Adjective

anfractuous (comparative more anfractuous, superlative most anfractuous)

1. sinuous, twisty, winding

[edit] Quotations

• 1920, T. S. Eliot, Poems, A. A. Knopf:

Paint me the bold anfractuous rocks / Faced by the snarled and yelping seas.