convoluted meaning and definition

CONVOLUTED adjective

Definition of convoluted (adjective)

1. rolled longitudinally upon itself
   • "a convolute petal"
   • synonyms: convolute
2. 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"
   • synonyms: Byzantine, involved, knotty, tangled, tortuous