Anfractuousness

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Anfractuous \An*frac"tu*ous\, a. [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.]
     Winding; full of windings and turnings; sinuous; tortuous;
     as, the anfractuous spires of a horn. --


     {An*frac"tu*ous*ness}, n.
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