- tortuousness
- noun see tortuous
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
tortuousness
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tortuousness — index involution Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
tortuousness — tortuous ► ADJECTIVE 1) full of twists and turns. 2) excessively lengthy and complex. DERIVATIVES tortuosity noun tortuously adverb tortuousness noun. ORIGIN Latin tortuosus, from torquere to twist … English terms dictionary
tortuousness — noun 1. puzzling complexity • Syn: ↑complicatedness, ↑complication, ↑knottiness • Derivationally related forms: ↑tortuous, ↑knotty (for: ↑knottiness), ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Tortuousness — Tortuous Tor tu*ous, a. [OE. tortuos, L. tortuosus, fr. tortus a twisting, winding, fr. torquere, tortum, to twist: cf. F. tortueux. See {Torture}.] 1. Bent in different directions; wreathed; twisted; winding; as, a tortuous train; a tortuous… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tortuousness — See tortuously. * * * … Universalium
tortuousness — noun The property of being tortuous … Wiktionary
tortuousness — n. quality of being twisted, being full of curves; zigzag; meandering, bending … English contemporary dictionary
tortuousness — n. See tortuosity … New dictionary of synonyms
tortuousness — tor·tu·ous·ness … English syllables
tortuousness — See: tortuous … English dictionary
