fidicularius

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

fĭdĭcŭlārĭus, a, um, adj. [fidicula, II.],

like a cord , i. e. twisted; trop.: verba contorta et fidicularia, i. e. entangling , delusive , Fronto de Eloq. p. 229 ed. Mai.