anfractuosity

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A winding channel or crevice, such as occur in the depths of the sea or in mountains.
  2. One of the fissures (sulci) separating the convolutions of the brain, or, by analogy, in the mind.

Word forms

anfractuosity anfractuosities

Etymology

From Latin anfractuosus (“winding”).

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