TORTUOUS


Meaning of TORTUOUS in English

adj.1 full of twists and turns (followed a tortuous route).

2 devious, circuitous, crooked (has a tortuous mind).

Derivatives:

tortuosity n. (pl. -ies). tortuously adv. tortuousness n.

Etymology: ME f. OF f. L tortuosus f. tortus a twist (as TORT)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.