English-Thai Dictionary
anfractuous
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
ANFRACTUOUS
a.[L. anfractus, of amb, about, and fractus, broken. See Break. ] Winding; full of windings and turnings; written less correctly, anfractuose.
ANFRACTUOUSNESS
n.A state of being full of windings and turnings.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ANFRACTUOUS
An *frac "tu *ous, a. Etym: [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.]
Defn: Winding; full of windings and turnings; sinuous; tortuous; as, the anfractuous spires of a born. -- An *frac "tu *ous *ness, n.
New American Oxford Dictionary
anfractuous
an frac tu ous |anˈfrakCHo͞oəs ænˈfræk (t )ʃəwəs | ▶adjective rare sinuous or circuitous. DERIVATIVES an frac tu os i ty |-ˌfrakCHo͞oˈäsitē |noun ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from late Latin anfractuosus, from Latin anfractus ‘a bending. ’
Oxford Dictionary
anfractuous
anfractuous |ənˈfraktjʊəs | ▶adjective rare sinuous or circuitous. DERIVATIVES anfractuosity noun ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from late Latin anfractuosus, from Latin anfractus ‘a bending ’.
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