sinuous

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Having curves in alternate directions; meandering.

   We followed every bend of the sinuous river.

2. 2
   adj

   Moving gracefully and in a supple manner.

   We were entranced by her sinuous dance.

3. 3
   adj

   Morally crooked; shifty.

   On 16 December 1999, Lanny Davis, one of the President's more sinuous apologists, was asked on an MSNBC chat show to address the issue and replied that Ms. Broaddrick had been adjudged unreliable by the FBI.

Simplified etymology

Sinuous, recorded from the late 16th century, derives from Latin sinus, “a bend.” Its history reflects the sense of something curving or winding, and it is related to sinus, sine, and insinuate.

Learned borrowing from Latin sinuōsus.

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