tortuose
English
Etymology
See tortuous.
Adjective
tortuose (comparative more tortuose, superlative most tortuose)
- wreathed; twisted; winding
- 1828, John Claudius Loudon, An Encyclopaedia of Plants:
- Crust tartareous or leprose uneven pulverulent, Apothecia roundish dissimilar waved plaited tortuose and variously expanded in the disk
References
- “tortuose”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tor.tuˈo.ze/, (traditional) /tor.tuˈo.se/
- Rhymes: -oze, (traditional) -ose
- Hyphenation: tor‧tu‧ó‧se
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /tor.tuˈoː.se/, [t̪ɔrt̪uˈoːs̠ɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /tor.tuˈo.se/, [t̪ort̪uˈɔːs̬e]
References
- “tortuose”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- tortuose in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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