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anfractuosity

American

[an-frak-choo-os-i-tee] / ænˌfræk tʃuˈɒs ɪ ti /

noun

the state or quality of being anfractuous.
a channel, crevice, or passage full of windings and turnings.

anfractuosity British

/ ˌænfræktʃʊˈɒsɪtɪ /

noun

the condition or quality of being anfractuous
a winding, circuitous, or intricate passage, surface, process, etc

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Etymology

Origin of anfractuosity

1590–1600; < Latin anfrāctuōs ( us ) winding ( anfrāctu ( s ) a bend ( see ambi-, fractus ( def. ) ) + -ōsus -ose ¹ ) + -ity

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