Convoluted \Con"vo*lu`ted\, a.
1. Having convolutions.
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beaks recurved and convoluted like a ram's horn.
--Pennant.
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2. Folded in tortuous windings.
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A highly convoluted brain. --North Amer.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
coiled \coiled\ (koild), adj.
curled or wound especially in concentric rings or spirals;
as, a coiled snake ready to strike; the rope lay coiled on
the deck. Opposite of uncoiled.
Note: [Narrower terms: coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling,
volute, voluted, whorled; convolute rolled
longitudinally upon itself;{curled, curled up};
involute closely coiled so that the axis is
obscured); looped, whorled; twined, twisted;
convoluted; involute, rolled esp of petals or leaves
in bud: having margins rolled inward); wound]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
convoluted
adj 1: rolled or coiled together; "a convoluted shell"
2: highly involved or intricate; "the Byzantine tax structure";
"convoluted legal language"; "convoluted reasoning";
"intricate needlework"; "an intricate labyrinth of refined
phraseology"; "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" [syn: Byzantine, intricate, involved, knotty,
labyrinthine, tangled, tortuous]
WordNet (r) 2.0
Byzantine, intricate, involved, knotty, labyrinthine, tangled, tortuous
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