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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Convoluted \Con"vo*lu`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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: convoluted adj 1: rolled or coiled together; "a convoluted shell" 2: highly involved or intricate; "the Byzantine tax structure"; "convoluted legal language"; "convoluted reasoning"; "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}]
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