anfractuous

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English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin anfractuosus, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin anfractus (“bend, curve”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ænˈfɹæktjʊəs/

Adjective

anfractuous (comparative more anfractuous, superlative most anfractuous)

  1. sinuous, twisty, winding.
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    • 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest:
      Shy, iridescent, coltish, pelvically anfractuous, amply busted, given to diffident movements
  2. craggy, rugged, coarse, rough, uneven.
    • 1920, T. S. Eliot, Poems, A. A. Knopf:
      Paint me the bold anfractuous rocks / Faced by the snarled and yelping seas.
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