English
anfractuousness
From anfractuous + -ness.
A compound of anfractuous + -ness
Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- ‘to break’
Latin frangō ‘to break, shatter’
Latin anfractus ‘bend, curve’
Late Latin anfractuosus ‘circuitous, roundabout’
English anfractuous
Today it means
noun The state or quality of being anfractuous.
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Etymograph / anfractuousness