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Feb 28, 2024
This week’s themeAdjectives This week’s words alible fulgurant anfractuous heliotropic antelucan ![]() ![]() Illustration: Anu Garg + AI
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PRONUNCIATION:
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. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
There is as much difference between us and ourselves as between us and
others. -Michel de Montaigne, essayist (28 Feb 1533-1592)
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