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noun
The property of being tortuous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
puzzling complexity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: complicatedness, complication, knottiness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: complexity, complexness
noun
a tortuous and twisted shape or position
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: tortuosity, torsion, contortion, crookedness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: distorted shape, distortion
History
Etymology tree English tortuous Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English tortuousness From tortuous + -ness.
