[ˌkɒnvəˈl(j)uːtɪd], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- (especially of an argument, story, or sentence) extremely complex and difficult to follow
(e.g: the film is let down by a convoluted plot in which nothing really happens)

- intricately folded, twisted, or coiled
(e.g: walnuts come in hard and convoluted shells)


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