anfractuous
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3ADJ.
earchable
VERB + ANFRACTUOUS
intricate
ANFRACTUOUS + NOUN
o, un
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adj
sinuous, twisty, winding.
So intricate, ſo anfractuous, ſo unſearchable are the vvays of Providence.
1721 Thomas Gibson, M. D. Fellow of the College of Physicians, London: Anatomy of Humane Bodies epitomized. They are very anfractuous and winding, and (as was said) consist of many little Cells, that they should not pour out all the Seed contained in them, in one act of Copulation, but might retain it for several. They have no Communication one with another, not even in their very opening into the Urethra.
craggy, rugged, coarse, rough, uneven.
Paint me the bold anfractuous rocks / Faced by the snarled and yelping seas.
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3So intricate, ſo anfractuous, ſo unſearchable are the vvays of Providence.
Wiktionary1721 Thomas Gibson, M. D. Fellow of the College of Physicians, London: Anatomy of Humane Bodies epitomized. They are very anfractuous and winding, and (as was said) consist of many little Cells, that
WiktionaryIt was just that the story was anfractuous.
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