·adj Injurious: tortious.
II. Tortuous ·adj Fig.: Deviating from rectitude; indirect; erroneous; deceitful.
III. Tortuous ·adj Oblique;
— applied to the six signs of the zodiac (from Capricorn to Gemini) which ascend most rapidly and obliquely.
IV. Tortuous ·adj Bent in different directions; wreathed; twisted; winding; as, a tortuous train; a tortuous train; a tortuous leaf or corolla.