meandrousadj.

Brit.

/mɪˈandrəs/, U.S.

/miˈændrəs/

Forms: 1600s maeandrous, 1600s– meandrous.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin maeandr- , maeander , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin maeandr-, maeander meander n. + -ous suffix. Compare French meandreux (1609), and earlier meandry adj.

Now rare.

Full of or characterized by meanders; winding.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > direction > [adjective] > bending or winding

winding1555

straying1585

crankling1596

meandrian1608

tortive1609

meandered1612

serpentine1615

snailing1615

meandering1617

meandrous1639

meandric1658

wandering1667

wimpling1721

spiral1796

circumvolutory1834

wormy1869

twistering1872

twistified1872

twistical1890

1639 W. Holloway tr. Zarain Relation Seidge Babylon 17 Those other forces which were brought up through the meandrous trench aforesaid, swiftly ran with scaling Ladders.

a1657 R. Loveday Lett. (1663) 268 With whose vertuous rectitude Meandrous falshood is inconsistent.

a1734 R. North Examen (1740) ii. iv. §86. 274 That, in the Prosecution of this meandrous Labyrinth,..I may not..be thought tedious.

1836 Tait's Edinb. Mag. New Ser. 3 561 A river, flowing in a meandrous course.

1892 Ld. Lytton Marah 118 Desire's meandrous labyrinths among.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	meandrous
释义	meandrousadj. Brit. /mɪˈandrəs/, U.S. /miˈændrəs/ Forms: 1600s maeandrous, 1600s– meandrous. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin maeandr- , maeander , -ous suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin maeandr-, maeander meander n. + -ous suffix. Compare French meandreux (1609), and earlier meandry adj. Now rare. Full of or characterized by meanders; winding. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > [adjective] > bending or winding winding1555 straying1585 crankling1596 meandrian1608 tortive1609 meandered1612 serpentine1615 snailing1615 meandering1617 meandrous1639 meandric1658 wandering1667 wimpling1721 spiral1796 circumvolutory1834 wormy1869 twistering1872 twistified1872 twistical1890 1639 W. Holloway tr. Zarain Relation Seidge Babylon 17 Those other forces which were brought up through the meandrous trench aforesaid, swiftly ran with scaling Ladders. a1657 R. Loveday Lett. (1663) 268 With whose vertuous rectitude Meandrous falshood is inconsistent. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) ii. iv. §86. 274 That, in the Prosecution of this meandrous Labyrinth,..I may not..be thought tedious. 1836 Tait's Edinb. Mag. New Ser. 3 561 A river, flowing in a meandrous course. 1892 Ld. Lytton Marah 118 Desire's meandrous labyrinths among. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1639
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