Dutch Meaning of tortuous

bochtig

Other Dutch words related to bochtig

Definitions and Meaning of tortuous in English

Wordnet

tortuous (s)

highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious

marked by repeated turns and bends

not straightforward

Webster

tortuous (a.)

Bent in different directions; wreathed; twisted; winding; as, a tortuous train; a tortuous train; a tortuous leaf or corolla.

Fig.: Deviating from rectitude; indirect; erroneous; deceitful.

Injurious: tortious.

Oblique; -- applied to the six signs of the zodiac (from Capricorn to Gemini) which ascend most rapidly and obliquely.

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bochtig

highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious, marked by repeated turns and bends, not straightforwardBent in different directions; wreathed; twisted; wi

gebogen,krommend,kronkelend,Getordeerd,Draaien,winding,buigen,gek,krom,gekruld

direct,lineair,recht,onmiddellijk

tortuoslty => Kronkeligere, tortuosity => kronkeligheid, tortuose => kronkelig, tortulous => kronkelig, tortrix => Bladrollers (Vlinders),