tortuous
adjective /ˈtɔːtʃuəs/
/ˈtɔːrtʃuəs/
[usually before noun] (formal)- (usually disapproving) not simple and direct; long, complicated and difficult to understand synonym convoluted
- tortuous language
- the long, tortuous process of negotiating peace
Extra Examples- Her explanation was somewhat tortuous.
- Do they actually understand all the tortuous laws and regulations they have to administer?
- (of a road, path, etc.) full of bends synonym winding
- a tortuous mountain track
- We went by a rather tortuous route.
Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin tortuosus, from tortus ‘twisting, a twist’, from Latin torquere ‘to twist’.