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anfractuous
 
SYLLABICATION:an·frac·tu·ous
PRONUNCIATION:  n-frkch-s
ADJECTIVE: Full of twists and turns; tortuous.
ETYMOLOGY:From Late Latin anfractusus, from Latin anfrctus, winding : am-, ambi-, around; see ambi– + frctus, past participle of frangere, to break; see bhreg- in Appendix I.
 
 
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