tortuous
adjective
[ ˈtɔːtʃʊəs ]
• full of twists and turns.
• "the route is remote and tortuous"
Similar:
twisting,
winding,
curving,
curvy,
bending,
sinuous,
undulating,
coiling,
looping,
meandering,
serpentine,
snaking,
snaky,
zigzag,
convoluted,
spiralling,
twisty,
circuitous,
rambling,
wandering,
indirect,
deviating,
devious,
labyrinthine,
mazy,
anfractuous,
flexuous,
Origin:
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin tortuosus, from tortus ‘twisting, a twist’, from Latin torquere ‘to twist’.
