| Back | anfractuous \an-FRAK-choo-uhs\ |
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| Front | adjective Characterized by windings and turnings; sinuous; circuitous: an anfractuous path. [Anfractuous is a back formation of the word anfractuosity meaning "a winding bend."] Down high anfractuous rocks flowed the odor of rotten eggs from nests deserted by the hawks. - Jean Giono, The Horseman on the Roof, 1982 At the foot of this anfractuous path which leads to the summit of Sam's Island lies the incredible Black Bay. - Ishmael Reed, The Free-Lance Pallbearers, 1967 |
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