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Synonyms for convoluted

Grammar : Adj
Spell : kon-vuh-loo-tid
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɒn vəˌlu tɪd

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Définition of convoluted

Origin :
  • 1811, past participle adjective from verb convolute (1690s), from Latin convolutus, past participle of convolvere (see convolution); or perhaps a back-formation from convolution. French has convoluté (18c.), in form a past participle adjective, without the verb.
  • adj complicated
Example sentences :
  • But a brain is convoluted and to a greater or lesser degree intelligent.
  • Extract from : « The Short Life » by Francis Donovan
  • The convoluted and basket-work ornament may also have been derived from the same source.
  • Extract from : « The Cathedral Builders » by Leader Scott
  • All rings of the disk not concentric, convoluted in a simple, regular, spiral line; all nearly of equal breadth.
  • Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, First Part: Porulosa (Spumellaria and Acantharia) » by Ernst Haeckel
  • These convoluted pieces are formed into oblong bundles of 20 or 30 lbs.
  • Extract from : « A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines » by Andrew Ure
  • Generally they are straight or curved; less commonly, convoluted.
  • Extract from : « A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis » by James Campbell Todd
  • But this was the culmination of a much longer, convoluted and fascinating history.
  • Extract from : « After the Rain » by Sam Vaknin
  • About the middle of the mammalian series it begins to be convoluted.
  • Extract from : « Evolution » by Joseph Le Conte
  • You call a cigar a "convoluted weed," and so on, you know; that passes for facetiousness.
  • Extract from : « New Grub Street » by George Gissing
  • It is the convoluted road that ends in a bridecake or a cucumber frame.
  • Extract from : « Art » by Clive Bell
  • White faces watched from the viewport as they clomped across the convoluted terrain.
  • Extract from : « A World Called Crimson » by Darius John Granger

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