Hypertext Webster Gateway: "flexuous"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Flexuous \Flex"u*ous\, a. [L. flexuosus, fr. flexus a bending,
turning.]
1. Having turns, windings, or flexures.

2. (Bot.) Having alternate curvatures in opposite directions;
bent in a zigzag manner.

3. Wavering; not steady; flickering. --Bacon.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

flexuous
adj : having turns or windings; "the flexuous bed of the stream"


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