anfractuous

1. 1.

   full of twists and turns

   “anfractuous cliffs”

   Similarcrooked

Questions about anfractuous

What does anfractuous mean?

anfractuous means "full of twists and turns".

How many syllables are in anfractuous?

anfractuous has 4 syllables and divides as an-frac-tu-ous under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is anfractuous a common word?

anfractuous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.