tortuous
Meaning
Adjective
- Twisted; having many turns; convoluted.
- Oblique; applied to the six signs of the zodiac (from Capricorn to Gemini) that ascend most rapidly and obliquely.
- Injurious; tortious.
Origin
- From Middle English tortuous, tortuose, from Anglo-Norman and Old French tortuos, from Latin tortuĊsus, from tortus.
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