tortuousness

noun

1. puzzling complexity

• Hypernyms: ↑complexity, ↑complexness

2. a tortuous and twisted shape or position

- they built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs

- the acrobat performed incredible contortions

• Derivationally related forms: ↑contortionist (for: ↑contortion), ↑contort (for: ↑contortion), ↑tortuous, ↑tortuous (for: ↑tortuosity)

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noun (-es)

: the quality or state of being tortuous

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torˈtuousness noun

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Main Entry: ↑tortuous

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tortuousness noun [uncountable]

Thesaurus: not direct_synonym quality of being complicated or difficult to understand_synonym

Main entry: tortuous

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tortuousness — index involution Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
tortuousness — tortuous ► ADJECTIVE 1) full of twists and turns. 2) excessively lengthy and complex. DERIVATIVES tortuosity noun tortuously adverb tortuousness noun. ORIGIN Latin tortuosus, from torquere to twist … English terms dictionary
Tortuousness — Tortuous Tor tu*ous, a. [OE. tortuos, L. tortuosus, fr. tortus a twisting, winding, fr. torquere, tortum, to twist: cf. F. tortueux. See {Torture}.] 1. Bent in different directions; wreathed; twisted; winding; as, a tortuous train; a tortuous… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tortuousness — noun see tortuous … New Collegiate Dictionary
tortuousness — See tortuously. * * * … Universalium
tortuousness — noun The property of being tortuous … Wiktionary
tortuousness — n. quality of being twisted, being full of curves; zigzag; meandering, bending … English contemporary dictionary
tortuousness — n. See tortuosity … New dictionary of synonyms
tortuousness — tor·tu·ous·ness … English syllables
tortuousness — See: tortuous … English dictionary

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