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noun
Ordinary Language
1) Literally: A winding or circuitous course; intricate windings and turning; a maze, a labyrinth.
2) Figuratively: An intricacy, a maze; anything resembling a labyrinth.
Art
A peculiar style of ornamental design, in which the lines interlace; it is often used in decorating vases, and is also sometimes met with in architecture.
verb transitive
To wind, turn, or flow over or round; to traverse in a winding or circuitous course; to wander over.
verb intransitive
To move, flow, or advance in a circuitous or serpentine manner; to have a serpentine or intricate course.
“Pierce my vein,
Take of the crimson stream meandering there,
And catechise it well.” - Cowper
[Latin maeander, meandrus, from Greek maiandros = the name of a river in Phrygia, remarkable for its circuitous course.]
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