Definitions for tortuosities

tortuosities tor·tu·os·i·ty

Spelling: [tawr-choo-os-i-tee]
IPA: /ˌtɔr tʃuˈɒs ɪ ti/

Tortuosities is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 477 anagrams from letters in tortuosities (eiioorsstttu).

Definitions for tortuosities

noun

  1. the state of being tortuous; twisted form or course; crookedness.
  2. a twist, bend, or crook.
  3. a twisting or crooked part, passage, or thing.

Origin of tortuosities

From the Late Latin word tortuōsitās, dating back to 1595-1605. See tortuous, -ity

Examples for tortuosities

I allude to the enormous, almost preternatural magnitude of the wild-grape vine, and its tortuosity.

We had twenty miles to go, "as the birds fly," but the tortuosity of the channels rendered our course fully a third longer.

There is no tortuosity of thought to pardon or to forget; it is one unbroken interwoven strain of music, of imagery, of sentiment.

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