This week’s theme
Adjectives

This week’s words
alible
fulgurant
anfractuous
heliotropic
antelucan

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(an-FRAK-choo-uhs)

MEANING:

adjective: Full of twists and turns.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin anfractus (winding), from an- (around) + fractus, past participle of frangere (to break). Earliest documented use: 1425.

USAGE:

“He was surprised how good it felt to have someone listen and ask questions about the anfractuous course his life had run to this point.”
Mel Reisner; The Leather Man; Archway; 2008.

See more usage examples of anfractuous in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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