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convocation |
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convocationist |
convoke |
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convoluted
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| convolution of broca
| convolve
| convolvulaceae
| convolvulaceous
convoluted
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective convoluted has 2 senses
- convoluted(s = adj.all) convolute - rolled longitudinally upon itself; "a convolute petal"
- convoluted(s = adj.all) byzantine, 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"; "tortuous legal procedures"; "tortuous negotiations lasting for months"
CIDE DICTIONARY
convoluted, a.
- Having convolutions. [1913 Webster]"beaks recurved and convoluted like a ram's horn." [1913 Webster]
- Folded in tortuous windings. [1913 Webster]"A highly convoluted brain." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
convoluted, adj.
1 coiled, twisted.
2 complex, intricate.
1 coiled, twisted.
2 complex, intricate.
Derivative
convolutedly adv.
Etymology
past part. of convolute f. L convolutus (as COM-, volvere volut- roll)
ROGET THESAURUS
convoluted
Convolution
N convolution, winding, convolution, involution, circumvolution, wave, undulation, tortuosity, anfractuosity, sinuosity, sinuation, meandering, circuit, circumbendibus, twist, twirl, windings and turnings, ambages, torsion, inosculation, reticulation, rivulation, roughness, coil, roll, curl, buckle, spiral, helix, corkscrew, worm, volute, rundle, tendril, scollop, scallop, escalop, kink, ammonite, snakestone, serpent, eel, maze, labyrinth, knot, convoluted, winding, twisted, tortile, tortive, wavy, undated, undulatory, circling, snaky, snake-like, serpentine, serpent, anguill, vermiform, vermicular, mazy, tortuous, sinuous, flexuous, anfractuous, reclivate, rivulose, scolecoid, sigmoid, sigmoidal, spiriferous, spiroid, involved, intricate, complicated, perplexed, labyrinth, labyrinthic, labyrinthian, labyrinthine, peristaltic, daedalian, kinky, knotted, wreathy, frizzly, crepe, buckled, raveled, spiral, coiled, helical, cochleate, cochleous, screw-shaped, turbinated, turbiniform, in and out, round and round, a can of worms, Gordian knot.
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