Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sinuous"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sinuous \Sin"u*ous\, a. [L. sinuosus, fr. sinus a bent surface,
a curve: cf. F. sinueux. See {Sinus}.]
Bending in and out; of a serpentine or undulating form;
winding; crooked. -- {Sin"u*ous*ly}, adv.
Streaking the ground with sinuous trace. --Milton.
Gardens bright with sinuous rills. --Coleridge.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sinuous
adj : curved or curving in and out; "wiggly lines" [syn: {sinuate},
{wiggly}]
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