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con·vo·lut·ed

(kŏn′və-lo͞o′tĭd, kŏn′və-lo͞o′tĭd)

adj.

1. Having numerous overlapping coils or folds: a convoluted seashell.

2. Intricate; complicated: convoluted legal language; convoluted reasoning.

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convoluted

(ˈkɒnvəˌluːtɪd)

adj

1. (esp of meaning, style, etc) difficult to comprehend; involved

2. wound together; coiled

ˈconvoˌlutedly adv

ˈconvoˌlutedness n

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con•vo•lut•ed

(ˈkɒn vəˌlu tɪd)

adj.

1. twisted; coiled.

2. complicated; intricately involved: convoluted reasoning.

[1805–15]

con′vo•lut`ed•ly, adv.

con′vo•lut`ed•ness, n.

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Adj.	1.	convoluted - rolled longitudinally upon itself; "a convolute petal" convolute phytology, botany - the branch of biology that studies plants coiled - curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals); "a coiled snake ready to strike"; "the rope lay coiled on the deck"
	2.	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" tortuous, tangled, knotty, Byzantine, involved complex - complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts; "a complex set of variations based on a simple folk melody"; "a complex mass of diverse laws and customs"

convoluted

adjective

Difficult to understand because of intricacy:

byzantine, complex, complicated, daedal, Daedalian, elaborate, intricate, involute, involved, knotty, labyrinthine, tangled.

Translations

convoluted

[ˈkɒnvəˌluːtɪd] ADJ [shape] → enrollado, enroscado; [argument] → enrevesado

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

convoluted

[ˈkɒnvəluːtɪd] adj

[argument, sentence, style, plot] → alambiqué(e)

[idea, system] → alambiqué(e)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

convoluted

adj

(= involved) → verwickelt; plot also → verschlungen; theory also → kompliziert; style → gewunden

(= coiled) → gewunden; shell → spiralig aufgewunden

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

convoluted

[ˈkɒnvəluːtɪd] (frm) adj (shape) → attorcigliato/a, avvolto/a; (argument) → involuto/a

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