英语词汇sinuous的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	sinuous
词源	sinuous adj. "full of turns and curves, undulating, serpentine," 1570s, from Latin sinuosus "full of curves, folds, or bendings," from sinus "curve, fold, bend" (see sinus). Sometimes in late 19c. especially "morally crooked, deviating from the right." Alternative sinuose in the same sense is by 1829. Related: Sinuously; sinuousness. Entries linking to sinuous sinus n. early 15c., in anatomy, "hollow curve or cavity in the body" (Chauliac), from Medieval Latin sinus, from Latin sinus "bend, fold, curve, a bent surface; a bay, bight, gulf; a fold in land;" also "fold of the toga about the breast," hence "bosom," and figuratively "love, affection, intimacy; interior, inmost part;" a word of unknown origin. De Vaan writes that it is "probably to be connected with" Albanian gji "breast." In 17c.-18c. English writers also sometimes used it in the classical senses of "a bay, gulf, or arm of the sea; a cavity or hole in the earth," but these uses are obsolete. sinuosity n. "character of being sinuous; that which is sinuous or undulates," 1590s; see sinuous + -ity. updated on November 19, 2022
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sinuous adj.