sinuous
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sinuous
- /ˈsɪn.ju.əs/
Sounds like sinewous
Where it comes from
Etymology tree
Latin sinus
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.?
Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos?
Old Latin -ōssus
Latin -ōsus
Latin sinuōsuslbor.
English sinuous
Learned borrowing from Latin sinuōsus.
adjective more sinuous · most sinuous
- Having curves in alternate directions; meandering. We followed every bend of the sinuous river.
- Moving gracefully and in a supple manner. We were entranced by her sinuous dance.
- Morally crooked; shifty. On 16 December 1999, Lanny Davis, one of the President's more sinuous apologists, was asked on an MSNBC chat show to address the issue and replied that Ms. Broaddrick had been adjudged unreliable by the FBI.
