involuted
Americanadjective
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curving or curling inward.
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having an involved or complex nature.
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having resumed its normal size, shape, or condition.
Other Word Forms
- subinvoluted adjective
- uninvoluted adjective
Etymology
Origin of involuted
Example Sentences
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In the memoir, Mr. Adams relates his fascination with fractals — complexly involuted forms that we find buried in the shape of things like trees, coastlines and lightning bolts.
From New York Times • Nov. 26, 2020
That is to say, their binding element is Katniss Everdeen, a heroine whose virtues are involuted to say the least.
From Slate • May 21, 2020
Davis’s perfectly placed and balanced phrasing, with his spare and involuted tone, create a sort of highest-order mood music, a passionately contained romanticism reflecting the ominous elegance of vast power held in reserve.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 11, 2015
It’s so involuted the way people use those things.
From Forbes • Sep. 9, 2014
The eldest boy, Ratan—Moni’s father—and my grandmother had shared the adjacent room, but as Jagu’s mind had involuted into madness, she had moved Ratan out with his brothers and taken Jagu in.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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