Hypertext Webster Gateway: "anfractuous"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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 born. --
{An*frac"tu*ous*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
anfractuous
adj : full of twists and turns; "anfractuous cliffs"
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