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Word entry · 8 letters

tortuous

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"Full of twists"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈtɔːt͡ʃuːəs/Part of speech adjectiveSorted oorsttuuStarts with TEnds with S1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Filled answer is this word (TORTUOUS).

Definitions

  1. Twisting, winding, or overly complicated and indirect.

Word origin

From Middle English tortuous, tortuose, from Anglo-Norman and Old French tortuos, from Latin tortuōsus, from tortus (“a twisting, winding”).

Used in a sentence

  • The badger made his dark and tortuous hole on the side of every hill where the copsewood grew thick.
  • But the early Tubes still tended to follow the public streets in order to save money, hence some tortuous curves.
  • Infortunate ascendent tortuous.

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