tortuousness

tortuousness
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  • tortuousness — tortuous ► ADJECTIVE 1) full of twists and turns. 2) excessively lengthy and complex. DERIVATIVES tortuosity noun tortuously adverb tortuousness noun. ORIGIN Latin tortuosus, from torquere to twist …   English terms dictionary

  • tortuousness — noun 1. puzzling complexity • Syn: ↑complicatedness, ↑complication, ↑knottiness • Derivationally related forms: ↑tortuous, ↑knotty (for: ↑knottiness), ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Tortuousness — Tortuous Tor tu*ous, a. [OE. tortuos, L. tortuosus, fr. tortus a twisting, winding, fr. torquere, tortum, to twist: cf. F. tortueux. See {Torture}.] 1. Bent in different directions; wreathed; twisted; winding; as, a tortuous train; a tortuous… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • tortuousness — noun see tortuous …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • tortuousness — See tortuously. * * * …   Universalium

  • tortuousness — noun The property of being tortuous …   Wiktionary

  • tortuousness — n. quality of being twisted, being full of curves; zigzag; meandering, bending …   English contemporary dictionary

  • tortuousness — n. See tortuosity …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • tortuousness — tor·tu·ous·ness …   English syllables

  • tortuousness — See: tortuous …   English dictionary

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