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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[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 horn

–

An-frac′tu-ous-ness

Noun.

Adj.

[L. anfractus, of amb, about, and fractus, broken. See Break.]

Winding; full of windings and turnings; written less correctly, anfractuose.