Byzantine

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Byzant(ium)

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Particularly: “Why has Byzantium come to be associated with complexity? Answer: Because the politics and lines of succession in the court of the Byzantine empire were extremely complicated and difficult for outsiders to understand, and the art and architecture of the empire was known for its complex and intricate detail. Now someone should type this up properly.”

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Byzantine (comparative more Byzantine, superlative most Byzantine)

Positive
Byzantine

Comparative
more Byzantine

Superlative
most Byzantine

  1. Overly complex or intricate.
  2. (rare) Of or pertaining to Byzantium.
  3. of a devious, usually stealthy manner, of practice.

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Singular
Byzantine

Plural
Byzantines

Byzantine (plural Byzantines)

  1. (rare) A native of Byzantium (modern-day Istanbul)
  2. (history) Belonging to the civilization of the Eastern-Roman empire, between 331 A.D. when the capital was moved to Constantinople (now Istanbul) and up 1453 when it was conquered by the Turks.

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