(ˈ)an|frakchəwəs adjective
Etymology: French anfractueux, from Late Latin anfractuosus, from Latin anfractus coil, crook (from anfractus crooked, from an- — from ambi- around — + fractus, past participle of frangere to break) + -osus -ose — more at ambi- , break
: full of windings and especially intricate turnings : tortuous , sinuous
anfractuous cliffs — T.H.White b. 1906
these anfractuous times — Richard Eberhart