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   convoluted

   /ˈkɒnvəl(j)uːtɪd/

   adjective

   • 1. (especially of an argument, story, or sentence) extremely complex and difficult to follow: "the film is let down by a convoluted plot in which nothing really happens"
   • 2. intricately folded, twisted, or coiled: technical "walnuts come in hard and convoluted shells"

   Word Origin late 18th century: past participle of convolute, from Latin convolutus, past participle of convolvere ‘roll together, intertwine’ (see convolve).

   Derivatives

   • 1. convolutedly adverb
   • 2. convolutedness noun

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