convoluted

adj 1: rolled or coiled together; "a convoluted shell"

2: highly involved or intricate; "the Byzantine tax structure";

"convoluted legal language"; "convoluted reasoning"; "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" [syn: {Byzantine},

{intricate}, {involved}, {knotty}, {labyrinthine}, {tangled},

{tortuous}]