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CONVOLUTED
Byzantine, convoluted, involved, knotty, tangled, tortuous
(adjective) highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious; “the Byzantine tax structure”; “Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship”; “convoluted legal language”; “convoluted reasoning”; “the plot was too involved”; “a knotty problem”; “got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering”; “Oh, what a tangled web we weave”- Sir Walter Scott; “tortuous legal procedures”; “tortuous negotiations lasting for months”
convolute, convoluted
(adjective) rolled longitudinally upon itself; “a convolute petal”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
convoluted (comparative more convoluted, superlative most convoluted)
(chiefly, anatomy, zoology) Having numerous overlapping coils or folds; convolute.
Synonyms: meandrine (biology, geology), obvolute, torquated, tortuous
Antonym: unconvoluted
(figuratively) Complex, complicated, or intricate.
Synonym: Thesaurus:complex
Antonym: unconvoluted
Verb
convoluted
simple past tense and past participle of convolute
Source: Wiktionary
Con"vo*lu`ted, a.
1. Having convolutions. beaks recurved and convoluted like a ram's horn. Pennant.
2. Folded in tortuous windings. A highly convoluted brain. North Amer. Rev.
CONVOLUTE
Con"vo*lute, a. Etym: [L. convolutus, p.p. of convolvere. See Convolve.] (Bot.)
Definition: Rolled or wound together, one part upon another; -- said of the leaves of plants in æstivation.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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