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   tortuous

   /ˈtɔːtʃʊəs/

   adjective

   • 1. full of twists and turns: "the route is remote and tortuous" Similar twistingwindingcurvingcurvybendingsinuousundulatingcoilingloopingmeanderingserpentinesnakingsnakyzigzagconvolutedspirallingtwistycircuitousramblingwanderingindirectdeviatingdeviouslabyrinthinemazyrare:anfractuousflexuousOpposite straight
   • ▪ excessively lengthy and complex: "a tortuous argument" Similar convolutedroundaboutcircuitousindirectunstraightforwardinvolvedcomplicatedcomplexconfusinglengthyoverlongverbosedifficult to followOpposite straightforward

   Word Origin late Middle English: via Old French from Latin tortuosus, from tortus ‘twisting, a twist’, from Latin torquere ‘to twist’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. tortuosity noun
   • 2. tortuously adverb
   • 3. tortuousness noun

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