Link Centre Dictionary

tortuousness

tor·tuous·ness

uncommon

noun

1.

a tortuous and twisted shape or position

  • “they built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs”
  • “the acrobat performed incredible contortions”

Origin

From tortuous + -ness.

Related words

Word family

Broader terms

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.