tortuous

Definitions


[ˈtɔːtʃʊəs], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- full of twists and turns
(e.g: the route is remote and tortuous)


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Origin:
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin tortuosus, from tortus ‘twisting, a twist’, from Latin torquere ‘to twist’




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