Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
adjective
- characterized by windings and turnings; sinuous; circuitous: an anfractuous path.
adjective
- characterized by twists and turns; convoluted
“full of windings and turnings,” 1620s, from Latin anfractuous, from anfractus “a winding, a turning, bending round,” from am(bi)- “around” (see ambi-) + fractus, past participle of frangere “to break” (see fraction). Related: Anfractuosity.