involuted

[ in-vuh-loo-tid, in-vuh-loo-tid ]

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adjective

curving or curling inward.
having an involved or complex nature.

having resumed its normal size, shape, or condition.

Origin of involuted

¹

First recorded in 1810–20; involute + -ed²

Other words from involuted

sub·in·vo·lut·ed, adjective
un·in·vo·lut·ed, adjective

Words Nearby involuted

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How to use involuted in a sentence

Our illustration shows at A the top of the cup with the open centre, while at B and C may be seen the peculiar involuted form.
Pottery and Porcelain, from early times down to the Philadelphia exhibition of 1876 | Charles Wyllys Elliott
On each side the involuted corals flung their twisted arms in more curious and intricate folds.
Cord and Creese | James de Mille
Full of curious involuted lines--a mist of lines--with a face peering through the mist, if you looked close enough.
Old Junk | H. M. Tomlinson
The involuted portion of the inner lip is shorter and differently shaped.
The Beaked Whales of the Family Ziphidae | Frederick True
Celtic illuminations also have these distorted, involuted creatures.
Sea and Sardinia | D. H. Lawrence

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