What is the meaning of convoluted?

verb

adjective

  • Rolled longitudinally upon itself.
    • usage: "a convolute petal"
  • Highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious.
    • usage: "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"
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