It's the Word of the Day for May 1st.
Today's word is convoluted, spelled C-O-N-V-O-L-U-V-O-L-U-V-O-L-U. T-E-D.
Convoluted is an adjective.
Something described as convoluted is very complicated and difficult to understand,
or has many curves and turns.
Here's the word used in a sentence from lithub.com by Sloane Crosley.
The publishing house had recently declined to publish my new book,
and one of their editors appeared in my inbox asking for a blurb for an upcoming title.
Because this felt awkward, I made a convoluted show of declining.
So convoluted that my reply left several avenues for them to come back and ask again.
Rather than isolate the issue in a clear way, I coughed up a blurb.
If you've ever felt your brain twisting itself into a pretzel
while trying to follow a complicated or hard to follow line of reasoning,
you'll appreciate the relative simplicity of the adjective convoluted,
which is perfect for describing head scratchers and pretzel makers.
Convoluted traces back to the Latin verb convolvere, meaning to roll up, coil, or twist.
Originally, convoluted, like its predecessor in English, the verb convolute,
was used in the context of things having literal convolutions,
in other words, twisty things like intestines or a ram's horns.
Over time, it expanded to figuratively describe things like arguments, plots, stories,