tortuous

adjective3

1. •
   Twisted; having many turns; convoluted.

   • The badger made his dark and tortuous hole on the side of every hill where the copsewood grew thick. — 1848
2. •
   Oblique; applied to the six signs of the zodiac (from Capricorn to Gemini) that ascend most rapidly and obliquely.

   • Infortunate ascendent tortuous. — 1872
3. •
   (no longer used) Injurious; tortious.