anfractuous
pronunciation
How to pronounce anfractuous in British English:
UK [ænfræktʃj'ʊɒs]
How to pronounce anfractuous in American English:
US [ænfræktʃj'ʊɒs]
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- Adjective:
- full of twists and turns
Word Origin
- anfractuous (adj.)
- "full of windings and turnings," 1620s, from Latin anfractuous, from anfractus "a winding, a turning, bending round," especially "a circuitous route," from am(bi)- "around" (see ambi-) + fractus, past participle of frangere "to break" (see fraction). Related: Anfractuosity.
Example
- 1. During the first half of the 20th century , there existed anfractuous and interlaced national contradictions and class contradictions as well in modern chinese society .
- 2. The competition of developers is more and more fury . Many developers have attention to how to evade risk in so anfractuous environment , how to get persistent development .
- 3. That is to say that modern conception of ownership has a social character and the right of property has an anfractuous framework especially to state ownership and collectivity ownership .