N. winding,
convolution,
involution,
circumvolution, wave,
undulation,
tortuosity,
anfractuosity,
sinuosity,
sinuation,
meandering, circuit,
circumbendibus, twist,
twirl, windings and turnings,
ambages,
torsion,
inosculation,
reticulation, rivulation, roughness,
coil, roll,
curl,
buckle, spiral,
helix,
corkscrew, worm,
volute,
rundle,
tendril,
scollop,
scallop,
escalop,
kink,
ammonite,
snakestone, serpent,
eel,
maze,
labyrinth,
knot V. be convoluted, wind,
twine, turn and twist,
twirl, wave,
undulate,
meander,
inosculate,
entwine,
intwine, twist,
coil, roll,
wrinkle,
curl,
crisp,
twill,
frizzle,
crimp,
crape,
indent,
scollop,
scallop,
wring,
intort,
contort,
wreathe Adj. convoluted, winding, twisted,
tortile, tortive|,
wavy, undated,
undulatory, circling,
snaky, snake-like,
serpentine, serpent, anguill,
vermiform,
vermicular,
mazy,
tortuous,
sinuous,
flexuous,
anfractuous, reclivate, rivulose, scolecoid,
sigmoid,
sigmoidal, spiriferous, spiroid, involved,
intricate, complicated,
perplexed,
labyrinth,
labyrinthic,
labyrinthian,
labyrinthine,
peristaltic,
daedalian,
kinky,
knotted,
wreathy,
frizzly,
crepe,
buckled,
raveled, spiral,
coiled,
helical,
cochleate, cochleous, screw-shaped,
turbinated, turbiniform
Adv. in and out, round and round, a can of worms, gordian knot
N. diffuseness,
amplification,
dilating,
verbosity,
verbiage, cloud of words, copia verborum, flow of words, looseness,
polylogy,
tautology,
battology, perissology|,
pleonasm,
exuberance,
redundancy, thrice-told tale,
prolixity,
circumlocution,
ambages,
periphrase,
periphrasis, roundabout phrases,
episode,
expletive, pennya-lining, richness
V. be diffuse, run out on,
descant,
expatiate,
enlarge,
dilate,
amplify,
expand,
inflate, launch out, branch out,
rant,
maunder, prose, harp upon, dwell on, insist upon,
digress,
ramble, battre la campagne, beat about the bush,
perorate, spin a long yarn,
protract, spin out, swell out, draw out,
battologize Adj. diffuse,
profuse,
wordy,
verbose, largiloquent|, copious,
exuberant,
pleonastic,
lengthy,
longsome,
long-winded,
longspun, long drawn out, spun out,
protracted,
prolix, prosing,
maundering,
circumlocutory,
periphrastic,
ambagious,
roundabout,
digressive,
discursive,
excursive, loose, rambling episodic,
flatulent,
frothy Adv. diffusely, at large, in extenso, about it and about it
V. perform a circuit, go round about, go out of one's way, make a detour,
meander, lead a pretty dance, beat about the bush, make two bites of a cherry
Adv. by a side wind, by an indirect course, in a roundabout way, from pillar to post
