tortueux

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French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin tortuōsus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

tortueux (feminine tortueuse, masculine plural tortueux, feminine plural tortueuses)

  1. tortuous, winding, windy, twisting, twisty
  2. convoluted

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