BYZANTINE

(noun) a native or inhabitant of Byzantium or of the Byzantine Empire
(adj.) of or relating to or characteristic of the Byzantine Empire or the ancient city of Byzantium
(adj.) of or relating to the Eastern Orthodox Church or the rites performed in it
"Byzantine monks", "Byzantine rites"
(adj.) highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious
"the Byzantine tax structure", "Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship", "convoluted legal language", "convoluted reasoning", "the plot was too involved", "a knotty problem", "got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering", "Oh, what a tangled web we weave", "tortuous legal procedures", "tortuous negotiations lasting for months"
synonyms : convoluted , involved , knotty , tangled , tortuous
She could not follow his convoluted discourse. -added by naila_inlas
the candidates cautiously gave their views on an array of knotty issues -added by nithi

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(Tag: Global) Recall the chemistry where we studied Benzene which is complex in structure.
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(Tag: ) Buy+Zaat....to buy someones zhat is extremely complicated because zhats are already complicated
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(Tag: hindi) how kaam wali BAI BUY a ZEN everyday is a BYZANTINE fact
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(Tag: ) Byzantine was an empire and to rule an empire is not straightforward but very tortuous.
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