byzantine[adjective]Synonyms: complex, complicated, daedal, elaborate, gordian, intricate, involved, knotty, labyrinthine, sophisticated
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By‧zan‧tine /baɪˈzæntaɪn, -tiːn, bɪ- $ ˈbɪz
əntiːn, -taɪn/
adjective[
Date: 1500-1600;
Language: Late Latin;
Origin: Byzantinus, from Byzantium Turkish city (now Istanbul), from Greek Byzantion]
1. (
also byzantine) complicated and difficult to understand:
the byzantine complexity of our tax laws2. relating to the Byzantines or the Byzantine Empire:
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