| a. | 1. | Having convolutions. |
| 2. | Folded in tortuous windings. |
| Adj. | 1. | convoluted - rolled or coiled together; "a convoluted shell" |
| 2. | convoluted - highly involved or intricate; "the Byzantine tax structure"; "convoluted legal language"; "convoluted reasoning"; "intricate needlework"; "an intricate labyrinth of refined phraseology"; "the plot was too involved"; "a knotty problem"; "got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering"; "Oh, what a tangled web we weave"- Sir Walter Scott; "tortuous legal procedures"; "tortuous negotiations lasting for months" |