involute

📖 Definitions

adjective

1. Intricate; complex.

2. Curled inward.

noun

A curve traced by a point on a string while winding or unwinding it around another curve.

verb intr.

1. To curl up.

💬 Usage Examples

“A shoddy piece of research obfuscated by crepuscular logic and involute style.” Trevanian; The Eiger Sanction; Outlet; 1972. “Undivide, and involute, and shrink back to safety.” Chris Adrian; The Children’s Hospital; McSweeney’s; 2007.
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