Tor`tu*os"l*ty (?), n. [L. tortuositas: cf. F. tortuosite.] the quality
or state of being tortuous.
Tor"tu*ous (?), a. [OE. tortuos, L. tortuosus, fr. tortus a twisting,
winding, fr. torquere, tortum, to twist: cf. F. tortueux. See Torture.]
1. Bent in different directions; wreathed; twisted; winding; as, a
tortuous train; a tortuous train; a tortuous leaf or corolla.
The badger made his dark and tortuous hole on the side of every hill
where the copsewood grew thick.
Macaulay.