ˌtȯ(r)chəˈwäsəd.ē, -sətē, -i noun
( -es )
Etymology: Late Latin tortuositat-, tortuositas, from Latin tortuosus tortuous + -itat-, -itas -ity
1.
a. : the quality or state of being tortuous
b. : something winding or twisted : a crooked place or part : bend , sinuosity
she began to indicate the tortuosities of the tree with tentative and hesitant strokes — New Yorker
2. : an instance or trait of deviousness or crookedness : indirectness
had begun to bog down in the subtleties and tortuosities of his own thought — J.R.Ullman
tortuosities of behavior that pride, thwarted passion and almost ghoulish severities and prohibitions had effected — New York Herald Tribune Book Review