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anfractuosity

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

noun

  1. the state or quality of being anfractuous.

  2. a channel, crevice, or passage full of windings and turnings.

anfractuosity British  
/ ˌænfræktʃʊˈɒsɪtɪ /

noun

  1. the condition or quality of being anfractuous

  2. 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 ( ambi-, fractus ( def. ) ) + -ōsus -ose 1 ) + -ity

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