tortuous









tortuous


adjective

  1. full of twists, turns, or bends; twisting, winding, or crooked: a tortuous path.
  2. not direct or straightforward, as in procedure or speech; intricate; circuitous: tortuous negotiations lasting for months.
  3. deceitfully indirect or morally crooked, as proceedings, methods, or policy; devious.

adjective

  1. twisted or windinga tortuous road
  2. devious or cunninga tortuous mind
  3. intricate
adj.

late 14c., from Anglo-French tortuous (12c.), from Latin tortuosus “full of twists, winding,” from tortus “a twisting, winding,” from stem of torquere “to twist, wring, distort” (see thwart).

adj.

  1. Having many turns; winding or twisting.
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