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meandrous, a.|miːˈændrəs|
Also 7 mæandrous.
[f. meander + -ous.]
Full of or characterized by windings and turnings; esp. of a river.
1656Blount Glossogr. s.v. Meander, ..Meandrous is used for crooked, or full of turnings. a1657R. Loveday Lett. (1663) 268 With whose vertuous rectitude Meandrous falshood is inconsistent. a1661Fuller Worthies, Bedfordsh. i. (1662) 114 Ouse..in this Shire, more Mæandrous then Mæander. a1734North Exam. ii. iv. §86 (1740) 274 That, in the Prosecution of this meandrous Labyrinth,..I may not..be thought tedious. 1836Tait's Mag. III. 561 A river, flowing in a meandrous course. 1892Ld. Lytton Marah 118 Desire's meandrous labyrinths among. |