3syllables
tortuous
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Definitions oftortuous
1adjective
- Twisted; having many turns; convoluted.
- Oblique; applied to the six signs of the zodiac (from Capricorn to Gemini) that ascend most rapidly and obliquely.
- Injurious; tortious.
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