1. Sinueux. Un parcours tortueux.
2. Retors. Un caractère tortueux.
ETYM Late Lat. circuitosus.
Marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct; SYN. roundabout.
ETYM Latin serpentinus: cf. French serpentin.
Resembling a serpent in form; SYN. snaky.
ETYM Old Eng. tortuos, Latin tortuosus, from tortus a twisting, winding, from torquere, tortum, to twist: cf. French tortueux. Related to Torture.
1. Marked by repeated turns and bends; SYN. twisting, twisty, winding.
2. Not straightforward.
1. Contorted; crooked spirally; subjected to torsion.
2. Perverted or demented
ETYM From Wind to twist.
Twisting from a direct line or an even surface; circuitous.