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 Definitions of convoluted  [ˈkɒn vəˌlu tɪd]  

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Definition of 'convoluted' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) convoluted
twisted; coiled.

2.  convoluted
complicated; intricately involved:
convoluted reasoning.

Etymology:  (1805–15)

Definition of 'convoluted' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) convolute, convoluted
rolled longitudinally upon itself
"a convolute petal"

2. (adj) Byzantine, convoluted, involved, knotty, tangled, tortuous
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"


Definition of 'convoluted' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) convoluted
having convolutions

2. (adj) convoluted
folded in tortuous windings



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