un-convoluted









un-convoluted


adjective

  1. twisted; coiled.
  2. complicated; intricately involved: a convoluted way of describing a simple device.

adjective

  1. (esp of meaning, style, etc) difficult to comprehend; involved
  2. wound together; coiled

adj.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.

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