sinuousadj.

/ˈsɪnjuːəs/

Forms: Also 1600s sinewes (?).

Etymology: < Latin sinuōsus (see sinus n. and -ous suffix) or French sinueux; compare Italian sinuoso, Spanish sinuoso, Portuguese sinuoso.

a. Characterized by or abounding in turns, curves, or sinuosities; sinuate, curving.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > [adjective] > having many or winding curves

tortivous14..

anfractuous?a1425

tortuous1426

tortuea1500

snakish1532

winding1538

wormy1545

boughty1570

wriggled1572

sinuous1578

serpent-likea1586

crankled1594

serpent1597

snaky1600

flexuous1605

snaking1605

cringle-crangle1606

voluminous1611

serpenting?1614

serpentine1615

curvy1623

serpentizing1628

worming1631

lacinious1648

anguineous1656

anguine1657

anfractuose1680

twisting1683

vermicular1712

worm-like1721

flexuose1727

meandering1748

crinkum-crankum1766

serpentiform1777

serpentining1799

anguiform1800

ophite1828

tortuose1829

cranky1836

sinuose1836

serpentile1857

twisty1857

sinuated1859

vermiculatea1864

twinyc1868

tortive1880

crinkle-crankle1881

serpentinous1882

quirky1890

twistical1890

waggly1894

wriggly1901

squiggly1902

wiggly1903

contortionate1911

wig-waggy1914

curvaceous1965

1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 28 It behoued the head of Radius also to be more depressed, & somewhat sinuous.

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §132 It would be tryed, how..the Voice will be carried..in a Trumpet, which is a line Retorted; Or in some Pipe that were Sinuous.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 481 Whatever creeps the ground, Insect or Worme;..Streaking the ground with sinuous trace.

1683 A. Snape Anat. Horse App. i. 11 The Seed-leaf..on its outside is sinuous or full of crinkles.

1708 J. Ozell tr. N. Boileau-Despréaux Lutrin 20 In a Cap's round sinuous Bottom laid.

1717 G. Berkeley Jrnls. Trav. Italy 19 Sept. in Wks. (1955) VII. 323 Obstinate, deep and sinuous ulcers.

1822 J. Parkinson Outl. Oryctol. 117 The mouth large, widely sinuous.

1843 R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. xxiii. 280 The lungs..containing several sinuous cavities.

1862 C. Darwin On Var. Contrivances Orchids Fertilised i. 12 The slightest touch causes it to rupture transversely, in a sinuous line.

b. Of rivers, coasts, roads, routes, etc.

ΚΠ

1633 J. Done tr. ‘Aristeas’ Aunc. Hist. Septuagint 51 The Flood Meander, running with his sinewes, returnes, and windings.

1635 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Donzella Desterrada 179 Roving from Port to Port in that sinuous Region.

1785 W. Cowper Task i. 165 Here Ouse, slow winding through a level plain.., Conducts the eye along his sinuous course.

1810 T. L. Peacock Genius of Thames 7 While Thames impels, with sinuous flow, His silent-rolling stream below.

1816 S. T. Coleridge Kubla Khan in Christabel 56 Here were gardens bright with sinuous rills.

1854 J. D. Hooker Himalayan Jrnls. I. xviii. 379 Its bold spurs enclosing sinuous river gorges.

1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) xviii. 303 A sinuous band of highlands stretches almost continuously.

c. transferred. Intricate, complex; roundabout.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > obscurity > [adjective] > complex

intricate?a1500

crabby1550

implicate1555

crabbed1561

intortive1575

implexeda1620

network1675

tortious1682

embarrassed1695

implex1712

wimpleda1722

wrapped1787

hydriform1822

torturous1841

sinuous1853

tortuous1858

involuteda1910

1853 N. Wiseman Ess. II. 338 The perplexities of this formulary,..its sinuous involutions,..make its character too plain, as a snare to the simple of heart.

1872 O. W. Holmes Poet at Breakfast-table ix. 292 I have been sinuous as the Links of Forth..; sinuous, I say, but not..hard to follow for a reader of the right sort.

d. figurative. Deviating from the right; not straight-forward or direct; morally crooked.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > erring > [adjective]

scrithingOE

aberrantc1536

tripping1577

devious1633

sinuous1850

society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [adjective] > not straightforward

crooked?c1225

indirect1570

undirect1594

involved1612

unstraight1650

obliquous1757

tortuous1801

twistical1805

louche1819

hooky-crooky1833

sinuous1850

twisty1905

society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > [adjective] > going astray > morally crooked (of path or course)

sinuous1850

1850 E. P. Whipple Ess. & Rev. (1856) I. 207 A man..who has acquired high station by no sinuous path.

1859 A. Helps Friends in Council New Ser. II. x. 230 The beginning of a sinuous course of extravagance.

1901 Scotsman 28 Feb. 6/3 The end of his sinuous career is in view.

2. Of movements: Taking place in curves.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement in circle or curve > [adjective] > curved (of movement)

sinuous1877

1877 I. Rosenthal Gen. Physiol. Muscles & Nerves 11 A..whip-like process by the sinuous motions of which these animals move themselves about in the water.

3. Of animals: Moving with supple bends of the body. Also of people.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > [adjective] > moving sinuously

writhing?1561

serpent-likea1586

wringling1596

winding1613

writhy1743

sinuous1897

1897 F. Thompson New Poems 143 The stealthy terror of the sinuous pard.

1906 B. Vaughan Sins of Society 129 The lithesome, sinuous girl trips with it across the stage to her mother.

4. quasi-adv. Sinuously.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > [adverb] > in many or winding curves

wrinklingly1387

cringle-crangle1781

crinkle-crankle1804

vermicularly1812

flexuously1846

sinuously1847

meanderingly1865

serpentiningly1871

sinuosely1874

sinuous1885

meandrically1886

1885 M. E. Braddon Wyllard's Weird I. i. 2 Now the line seems strung like a thread of iron.., now winds sinuous as a snake.

Derivatives

ˈsinuously adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > [adverb] > with sinuous motion

crinkum-crankum1656

sinuously1847

viperishly1870

the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > [adverb] > in many or winding curves

wrinklingly1387

cringle-crangle1781

crinkle-crankle1804

vermicularly1812

flexuously1846

sinuously1847

meanderingly1865

serpentiningly1871

sinuosely1874

sinuous1885

meandrically1886

1847 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 249 Whence it narrows rather sinuously to the posterior angles.

1880 T. Hodgkin Italy & her Invaders II. iii. v. 409 The dragon ensigns floated sinuously to the breeze.

ˈsinuousness n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > [noun] > winding curve(s) > quality or condition

sinuosity1597

tortuosity1603

flexuosity1611

flexure1628

sinuousness1684

windingness1730

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > [noun] > sinuous movement > quality of

sinuousness1924

1684 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 14 513 The..Streams which do arise from under the Mountains do evidence the hollowness, and Sinousness [sic] of them.

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Sinuousness, Fulness of Turnings and Windings.

1924 R. Macaulay Orphan Island xiii. §4 Like a sturdy little boy without feminine elegances, or any of Flora's wild-animal sinuousness.

1980 Early Music 8 308/1 Any actor reciting them..would certainly emphasize the contrast between the biting sk sound at the beginning of these two words and the powerful sinuousness of ‘l'onde’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	sinuous
释义	sinuousadj. /ˈsɪnjuːəs/ Forms: Also 1600s sinewes (?). Etymology: < Latin sinuōsus (see sinus n. and -ous suffix) or French sinueux; compare Italian sinuoso, Spanish sinuoso, Portuguese sinuoso. 1. a. Characterized by or abounding in turns, curves, or sinuosities; sinuate, curving. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > [adjective] > having many or winding curves tortivous14.. anfractuous?a1425 tortuous1426 tortuea1500 snakish1532 winding1538 wormy1545 boughty1570 wriggled1572 sinuous1578 serpent-likea1586 crankled1594 serpent1597 snaky1600 flexuous1605 snaking1605 cringle-crangle1606 voluminous1611 serpenting?1614 serpentine1615 curvy1623 serpentizing1628 worming1631 lacinious1648 anguineous1656 anguine1657 anfractuose1680 twisting1683 vermicular1712 worm-like1721 flexuose1727 meandering1748 crinkum-crankum1766 serpentiform1777 serpentining1799 anguiform1800 ophite1828 tortuose1829 cranky1836 sinuose1836 serpentile1857 twisty1857 sinuated1859 vermiculatea1864 twinyc1868 tortive1880 crinkle-crankle1881 serpentinous1882 quirky1890 twistical1890 waggly1894 wriggly1901 squiggly1902 wiggly1903 contortionate1911 wig-waggy1914 curvaceous1965 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 28 It behoued the head of Radius also to be more depressed, & somewhat sinuous. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §132 It would be tryed, how..the Voice will be carried..in a Trumpet, which is a line Retorted; Or in some Pipe that were Sinuous. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 481 Whatever creeps the ground, Insect or Worme;..Streaking the ground with sinuous trace. View more context for this quotation 1683 A. Snape Anat. Horse App. i. 11 The Seed-leaf..on its outside is sinuous or full of crinkles. 1708 J. Ozell tr. N. Boileau-Despréaux Lutrin 20 In a Cap's round sinuous Bottom laid. 1717 G. Berkeley Jrnls. Trav. Italy 19 Sept. in Wks. (1955) VII. 323 Obstinate, deep and sinuous ulcers. 1822 J. Parkinson Outl. Oryctol. 117 The mouth large, widely sinuous. 1843 R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. xxiii. 280 The lungs..containing several sinuous cavities. 1862 C. Darwin On Var. Contrivances Orchids Fertilised i. 12 The slightest touch causes it to rupture transversely, in a sinuous line. b. Of rivers, coasts, roads, routes, etc. ΚΠ 1633 J. Done tr. ‘Aristeas’ Aunc. Hist. Septuagint 51 The Flood Meander, running with his sinewes, returnes, and windings. 1635 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Donzella Desterrada 179 Roving from Port to Port in that sinuous Region. 1785 W. Cowper Task i. 165 Here Ouse, slow winding through a level plain.., Conducts the eye along his sinuous course. 1810 T. L. Peacock Genius of Thames 7 While Thames impels, with sinuous flow, His silent-rolling stream below. 1816 S. T. Coleridge Kubla Khan in Christabel 56 Here were gardens bright with sinuous rills. 1854 J. D. Hooker Himalayan Jrnls. I. xviii. 379 Its bold spurs enclosing sinuous river gorges. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) xviii. 303 A sinuous band of highlands stretches almost continuously. c. transferred. Intricate, complex; roundabout. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > obscurity > [adjective] > complex intricate?a1500 crabby1550 implicate1555 crabbed1561 intortive1575 implexeda1620 network1675 tortious1682 embarrassed1695 implex1712 wimpleda1722 wrapped1787 hydriform1822 torturous1841 sinuous1853 tortuous1858 involuteda1910 1853 N. Wiseman Ess. II. 338 The perplexities of this formulary,..its sinuous involutions,..make its character too plain, as a snare to the simple of heart. 1872 O. W. Holmes Poet at Breakfast-table ix. 292 I have been sinuous as the Links of Forth..; sinuous, I say, but not..hard to follow for a reader of the right sort. d. figurative. Deviating from the right; not straight-forward or direct; morally crooked. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > erring > [adjective] scrithingOE aberrantc1536 tripping1577 devious1633 sinuous1850 society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [adjective] > not straightforward crooked?c1225 indirect1570 undirect1594 involved1612 unstraight1650 obliquous1757 tortuous1801 twistical1805 louche1819 hooky-crooky1833 sinuous1850 twisty1905 society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > [adjective] > going astray > morally crooked (of path or course) sinuous1850 1850 E. P. Whipple Ess. & Rev. (1856) I. 207 A man..who has acquired high station by no sinuous path. 1859 A. Helps Friends in Council New Ser. II. x. 230 The beginning of a sinuous course of extravagance. 1901 Scotsman 28 Feb. 6/3 The end of his sinuous career is in view. 2. Of movements: Taking place in curves. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement in circle or curve > [adjective] > curved (of movement) sinuous1877 1877 I. Rosenthal Gen. Physiol. Muscles & Nerves 11 A..whip-like process by the sinuous motions of which these animals move themselves about in the water. 3. Of animals: Moving with supple bends of the body. Also of people. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > [adjective] > moving sinuously writhing?1561 serpent-likea1586 wringling1596 winding1613 writhy1743 sinuous1897 1897 F. Thompson New Poems 143 The stealthy terror of the sinuous pard. 1906 B. Vaughan Sins of Society 129 The lithesome, sinuous girl trips with it across the stage to her mother. 4. quasi-adv. Sinuously. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > [adverb] > in many or winding curves wrinklingly1387 cringle-crangle1781 crinkle-crankle1804 vermicularly1812 flexuously1846 sinuously1847 meanderingly1865 serpentiningly1871 sinuosely1874 sinuous1885 meandrically1886 1885 M. E. Braddon Wyllard's Weird I. i. 2 Now the line seems strung like a thread of iron.., now winds sinuous as a snake. Derivatives ˈsinuously adv. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > [adverb] > with sinuous motion crinkum-crankum1656 sinuously1847 viperishly1870 the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > [adverb] > in many or winding curves wrinklingly1387 cringle-crangle1781 crinkle-crankle1804 vermicularly1812 flexuously1846 sinuously1847 meanderingly1865 serpentiningly1871 sinuosely1874 sinuous1885 meandrically1886 1847 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 249 Whence it narrows rather sinuously to the posterior angles. 1880 T. Hodgkin Italy & her Invaders II. iii. v. 409 The dragon ensigns floated sinuously to the breeze. ˈsinuousness n. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > [noun] > winding curve(s) > quality or condition sinuosity1597 tortuosity1603 flexuosity1611 flexure1628 sinuousness1684 windingness1730 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > writhing or twisting movement > [noun] > sinuous movement > quality of sinuousness1924 1684 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 14 513 The..Streams which do arise from under the Mountains do evidence the hollowness, and Sinousness [sic] of them. 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Sinuousness, Fulness of Turnings and Windings. 1924 R. Macaulay Orphan Island xiii. §4 Like a sturdy little boy without feminine elegances, or any of Flora's wild-animal sinuousness. 1980 Early Music 8 308/1 Any actor reciting them..would certainly emphasize the contrast between the biting sk sound at the beginning of these two words and the powerful sinuousness of ‘l'onde’. 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