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convoluted

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Adjective
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con=vo=lut=ed

CIDE DICTIONARY

convoluteda. 
  •  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.

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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