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Dear apples + oranges: Je crois que vous avez raison. Merci.
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A river that twists and turns (and an aorta, too) is "tortuous."
As are some judicial arguments with hard-to-follow reasoning processes.
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And for those for whom "tortuous" doesn't sound painful enough, on the Internet
you can find problems described as "torturous".
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So, Faldage...
How would you distinguish between "tortuous reasoning" and "torturous reasoning"?
Seriously.
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Dear WW: as unauthorized mouthpiece for Faldage, torturous reasoning involves a hotfoot
to help you think.
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can't think of a better retort
Don't mind me, Cap - your retort stands.
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retort
n.
Fr retorte < ML retorta < L, fem. of retortus: see prec.6
1 a container, generally of glass and with a long tube, in which substances are distilled, as in a laboratory
2 a vessel in which ore is heated to extract a metal, coal is heated to produce gas, etc.
Dear fishonabike: build a fire under his retort.
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I suppose, to answer my own question, a tortuous explanation that gives you great pain would be a torturous one.
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Re Apples + Oranges: Moi aussi.
Strangely, A + O seems to have disappeared. I clicked on the name to ascertain male or female and found a notice the name is no longer in the database.
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