Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tortuose

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tor-tu-ose
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

wreathed; twisted; winding

Example Sentences

"Crust tartareous or leprose uneven pulverulent, Apothecia roundish dissimilar waved plaited tortuose and variously expanded in the disk"

Etymology

See tortuous.

Inflected Forms

more tortuose (comparative) most tortuose (superlative)

Questions

What does tortuose mean?: wreathed; twisted; winding
Where does tortuose come from?: See tortuous.

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