Thursday, September 24, 2015

Word of the Day

anfractuous
 \an-FRAK-choo-uhs\,
adjective:
characterized by windings and turnings; sinuous; circuitous: an anfractuous path.

Down high anfractuous rocks flowed the odor of rotten eggs from nests deserted by the hawks.
-- Jean Giono, "The Horseman on the Roof," 1982

At the foot of this anfractuous path which leads to the summit of Sam's Island lies the incredible Black Bay.
-- Ishmael Reed, "The Free-Lance Pallbearers," 1967

Anfractuous is a back formation of the word anfractuosity meaning "a winding bend."

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