Dictionary entry

Anfractuous

Webster's Dictionary 1913

An‐frac″tu‐ous (�), a. [L. anfractuosus, fr. anfractus a turning, a winding, fr. the unused anfringere to wind, bend; an-, for amb- + fractus, p. p. of frangere to break: cf. F. anfractueux.] Winding; full of windings and turnings; sinuous; tortuous; as, the anfractuous spires of a horn. — An‐frac″tu‐ous‐ness, n.