involute
involute · more involute · most involute
Difficult to understandDifficult to understand; complicated.
Meaning
5 senses(formal)Difficult to understand; complicated.
Having the edges rolled with the adaxial side outward.
especially of petals or leaves in bud; having margins rolled inward
Having a complex pattern of coils in which younger whorls only partly surround older ones.
Turned inward at the margin, like the exterior lip of the shells of species in genus Cypraea.
Rolled inward spirally.
Origin
Borrowed from Latin involutus.Borrowed from Latin involutus.
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Forms
more involute, most involute| Comparative | more involute Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most involute Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- especially of petals or leaves in bud; having margins rolled inward:rolled
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedinvolutely
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form