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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