tortuous

Etymology
From, , from and , from , from.

Adjective

 * 1)  Twisted; having many turns; convoluted.
 * 2) * 2007 October 6, “Slogging on the Home Front”, editorial in The New York Times,
 * It still takes almost half a year for the average veteran’s claim for disability benefits to be decided in a tortuous process that can involve four separate hearings.
 * 1)  Oblique; applied to the six signs of the zodiac (from Capricorn to Gemini) that ascend most rapidly and obliquely.
 * 2)  Injurious; tortious.
 * 1)  Oblique; applied to the six signs of the zodiac (from Capricorn to Gemini) that ascend most rapidly and obliquely.
 * 2)  Injurious; tortious.
 * 1)  Injurious; tortious.
 * 1)  Injurious; tortious.

Usage notes

 * This term has strongly negative connotations, perhaps transferred from the similar-sounding adjective torturous.
 * Not to be confused with the legal term, nor with.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: tortuós
 * Finnish: kiemurainen
 * French: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 曲がりくねった
 * Latin: flexuosus
 * Persian:
 * Polish: pokrętny, wykrętny,
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish: