† serpentingn.
Obsolete.
Winding.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > [noun] > indirectness of course > moving in winding course
winding1398
crankling1598
crangling1608
indenturinga1632
meandering1652
sinuation1653
serpentinga1684
zigzaggery1761
twisting1768
zigzagging1827
switchbacking1913
zigging1977
a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1677 (1955) IV. 122 This place is exceeding sharp in Winter, by reason of the serpenting of the hills.
a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1679 (1955) IV. 177 A circular View..which with the serpenting of the Thames is admirably surprising.
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > [adjective] > having many or winding curves
tortivous14..
anfractuous?a1425
tortuous1426
tortuea1500
snakish1532
winding1538
wormy1545
boughty1570
wriggled1572
sinuous1578
serpent-likea1586
crankled1594
serpent1597
snaky1600
flexuous1605
snaking1605
cringle-crangle1606
voluminous1611
serpenting?1614
serpentine1615
curvy1623
serpentizing1628
worming1631
lacinious1648
anguineous1656
anguine1657
anfractuose1680
twisting1683
vermicular1712
worm-like1721
flexuose1727
meandering1748
crinkum-crankum1766
serpentiform1777
serpentining1799
anguiform1800
ophite1828
tortuose1829
cranky1836
sinuose1836
serpentile1857
twisty1857
sinuated1859
vermiculatea1864
twinyc1868
tortive1880
crinkle-crankle1881
serpentinous1882
quirky1890
twistical1890
waggly1894
wriggly1901
squiggly1902
wiggly1903
contortionate1911
wig-waggy1914
curvaceous1965
?1614 W. Drummond Song: It Autumne was in Poems This Moone, that Sunne,..Be but the same which vnder Saturnes Raigne, Did the serpenting [1711 serpentine] Seasons interchaine.
1623 W. Drummond Flowres of Sion 16 Her Floods and pratling Brookes,..with serpinting [1630 maz-like] Crookes.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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