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convolute

[ kon-vuh-loot ]

verb (used with or without object)

convoluted, convoluting.
  1. to coil up; form into a twisted shape.


adjective

  1. rolled up together or with one part over another.
  2. Botany. coiled up longitudinally so that one margin is within the coil and the other without, as the petals of cotton.

convolute

/ ˈɒԱəˌː /

verb

  1. to form into a twisted, coiled, or rolled shape
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. botany rolled longitudinally upon itself

    a convolute petal

  2. another word for convoluted
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈDzԱˌܳٱ, adverb
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Other Word Forms

  • Dzv·ܳٱl adverb
  • ܲ·Dzv·ܳٱ adjective
  • sub·Dzv·ܳٱl adverb
  • ܲ·Dzv·ܳٱ adjective
  • un·Dzv·ܳٱl adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of convolute1

First recorded in 1690–1700; from Latin DzԱDZūٳܲ “rolled up,” past participle of convolvere “to roll together, roll up”; convolve
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Word History and Origins

Origin of convolute1

C18: from Latin DzԱDZūٳܲ rolled up, from convolvere to roll together, from volvere to turn
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Instructors have said delays in booking their own exams, "astronomical" costs and a "convoluted" testing process are deterring people from the industry.

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I have personally experienced these difficulties at the voting booth, confronted with measures I knew nothing about and propositions worded in such convoluted language that making a clear decision felt nearly impossible.

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The administration’s version of the story is so convoluted as to be ridiculous.

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But the release also highlighted that Harris’ convoluted answer had been clipped to its most succinct and cogent sentence.

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Based on a Stephen King short story of the same name, “The Monkey” promised a revival of the convoluted deaths from the “Final Destination” series by way of a splatter gore midnight movie.

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