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anfractuous, a.|ænˈfræktjuːəs|
Also 7–8 amf-.
[a. Fr. anfractueux (16th c.), ad. L. anfractuōs-us: see anfractuose.]
1. Winding, sinuous, involved; roundabout, circuitous; spiral.
1621Burton Anat. Mel. i. i. ii. iv, Two common anfractuous eares..the one to hold blood, the other aire. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. 167 That famous [horn]..hath anfractuous spires, and cochleary turnings about it. 1667H. More Div. Dial. ii. §1 (1713) 88 So intricate, so anfractuous, so unsearchable are the ways of Providence. 1684tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. xviii. 655 Oftentimes wounds..are anfractuous and oblique. 1763Brit. Mag. IV. 130 This astonishing amfractuous passage, over rocks and precipices. 1836Penny Cycl. s.v. Botany, Anfractuous, doubled up abruptly in several different directions. 1953C. Day Lewis Ital. Visit iv. 49 A gorge of a street, anfractuous, narrow.
2. [After F. anfractueux craggy.] Rugged, craggy.
1920T. S. Eliot Sweeney Erect in Ara Vus Prec 22 Paint me the bold anfractuous rocks Faced by the snarling and yelping seas.
3. slang (jocular). Fractious, irritable.
1932Kipling Limits & Renewals 140 If they've been hoicked out of bed, ad hoc, they're apt to be anfractuous. |