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anfractuose

anfractuose is the rare spelling of anfractuous.

Meaning of anfractuous

Adjective

anfractuous (comparative more anfractuous, superlative most anfractuous)

  1. sinuous, twisty, winding.
    • So intricate, ſo anfractuous, ſo unſearchable are the vvays of Providence.1668, Franciscus Euistor the Palæopolite [pseudonym; Henry More], “The Second Dialogue”, in Divine Dialogues, Containing Sundry Disquisitions & Instructions Concerning the Attributes of God and His...
  2. craggy, rugged, coarse, rough, uneven.
    • Paint me the bold anfractuous rocks / Faced by the snarled and yelping seas.1920, T. S. Eliot, Poems, A. A. Knopf

Forms of anfractuose

comparativemore anfractuose
superlativemost anfractuose

Questions about anfractuose

What is anfractuose the rare spelling of?
Anfractuose is the rare spelling of anfractuous.

Words near anfractuose in the dictionary

  1. anfibatide
  2. Anfield
  3. Anfinson
  4. Anfinsons
  5. ANFO
  6. anfractuose
  7. anfractuosities
  8. anfractuosity
  9. anfractuous
  10. anfractuousness
  11. anfracture

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