Definition for TORT'U-OUS

TORT'U-OUS, a. [L. tortuosus; Fr. tortueux.]

  1. Twisted; wreathed; winding; as, a tortuous train: a tortuos leaf or corol, in botany. Milton. Martyn.
  2. Tortious. [Not used. See Tortious.] Spenser.

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