Meaning & use
involuted
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Intricately complex and difficult to follow, often as if intertwined or spiraled inward; also, curled or rolled inward in shape.
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His involuted prose made the essay a chore to read.
The seashell's involuted spiral fascinated the young collector.
A note on using this word
From Latin 'involutus,' meaning 'rolled up'; used both literally for coiled shapes and figuratively for overly complicated writing or ideas.
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