anfractuous \an-FRAK-choo-uhs\, adjective:
characterized by windings and turnings; sinuous; circuitous: an anfractuous path.
Down high anfractuous rocks flowed the odor of rotten eggs from nests deserted by the hawks.
-- Jean Giono, The Horseman on the Roof, 1982
At the foot of this anfractuous path which leads to the summit of Sam's Island lies the incredible Black Bay.
-- Ishmael Reed, The Free-Lance Pallbearers, 1967
Anfractuous is a back formation of the word anfractuosity meaning "a winding bend."
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