tortuous
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tortuous
- /ˈtɔːt͡ʃuːəs/ UK
- /ˈtɔɹt͡ʃuəs/ US
Where it comes from
From Middle English tortuous, tortuose, from Anglo-Norman and Old French tortuos, from Latin tortuōsus, from tortus (“a twisting, winding”).
adjective more tortuous · most tortuous
- Twisted; having many turns; convoluted. The badger made his dark and tortuous hole on the side of every hill where the copsewood grew thick.
- Oblique; applied to the six signs of the zodiac (from Capricorn to Gemini) that ascend most rapidly and obliquely. Infortunate ascendent tortuous.
- Injurious; tortious.
