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- anfractuous (adj.)[anfractuous 词源字典]
- "full of windings and turnings," 1620s, from Latin anfractuous, from anfractus "a winding, a turning, bending round," especially "a circuitous route," from am(bi)- "around" (see ambi-) + fractus, past participle of frangere "to break" (see fraction). Related: Anfractuosity.[anfractuous etymology, anfractuous origin, 英语词源]