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serpentine
Definitions
snake like(Adjective) Like a snake. One of the many "ine" animal adjectives. Serpentine (like a snake), feline (like a cat), canine (like a dog), vulpine (like a fox), lupine (like a wolf), piscine (like a fish), bovine (like a cow), soricine (like a shrew) ... .
Usage: "Serpentine" is more denotative and tends to be confined to a physical description. "Twisting" and "convoluted" are connotative, and the words you'd tend to use when talking about human mental traits.
(Adjective) Twisting, convoluted
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