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English Dictionary: convoluted	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for convoluted
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
convoluted adj rolled longitudinally upon itself; "a convolute petal" Synonym(s): convolute, convoluted 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" Synonym(s): Byzantine, convoluted, involved, knotty, tangled, tortuous
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Convoluted \Con"volu`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.