convoluted

English

Etymology

convolute +‎ -d.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːnvəˌluːtəd/

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Adjective

convoluted (comparative more convoluted, superlative most convoluted)

1. Having numerous overlapping coils or folds.
2. Complex, intricate or complicated.

   He gave a convoluted explanation that amounted to little more than a weak excuse for his absence.

   • 2018 July 25, A. A. Dowd, “Fallout may be the Most Breathlessly Intense Mission: Impossible Adventure Yet”, in The A.V. Club‎^[1], archived from the original on 31 July 2018:

     The plots of Mission: Impossible movies tend to be convoluted but negligible, really only there to provide connective tissue between jaw-dropping set pieces.

Related terms

• convolve
• convolute
• convolution

Translations

having numerous overlapping coils

• Czech: propletený, zamotaný
• Finnish: kierteinen
• French: convoluté (fr)
• German: gewunden (de)
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• Italian: convoluto (it), accartocciato (it), spiegazzato (it), appallottolato (it)
• Persian: پیچاپیچ (fa) (pičâpič)
• Portuguese: convoluto (pt)
• Russian: изви́листый (ru) (izvílistyj), вито́й (ru) (vitój), кручёный (ru) (kručónyj)

complex

• Catalan: complicat (ca), enrevessat
• Czech: složitý (cs), komplikovaný (cs)
• Dutch: nodeloos ingewikkeld
• Finnish: monimutkainen (fi), mutkikas (fi)
• French: compliqué (fr), alambiqué (fr)
• Galician: complicado m
• German: verwickelt (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: πολύπλοκος (polúplokos)

• Italian: tortuoso (it), complicato (it), contorto (it), intricato (it), labirintico
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• Persian: پیچیده (fa) (pičide), در هم پیچیده (dar ham pičide)
• Polish: zawiły (pl) m
• Portuguese: complicado (pt), enrolado
• Russian: запу́танный (ru) (zapútannyj), сло́жный (ru) (slóžnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: замршен m (zamršen)
• Spanish: complicado (es), enrevesado (es), enredado (es) m, alambicado (es)
• Turkish: anlaşılması güç