Dictionary entry

Anfractuosity

Webster's Dictionary 1913

An‐frac′tu‐os″i‐ty (�), n.; pl.Anfractuosities (#). [Cf. F. anfractuosité.] 1. A state of being anfractuous, or full of windings and turnings; sinuosity.

The anfractuosities of his intellect and temper.

Macaulay.

2. (Anat.) A sinuous depression or sulcus like those separating the convolutions of the brain.