| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| anfractuous |
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| SYLLABICATION: | an·frac·tu·ous |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   n-frk ch - s |
| ADJECTIVE: | Full of twists and turns; tortuous. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From Late Latin anfractu sus, from Latin anfr ctus, winding : am-, ambi-, around; see ambi– + frctus, past participle of frangere, to break; see bhreg- in Appendix I.
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