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byzantine
BAI-zan-teen
adjective
hard to comprehend due to complexity; intricacy; complicated
1982Alistair MacLeanPartisansBut in the deepest recesses of her mind she wondered whether the plan was indeed God's will—or merely part of Bernice's byzantine design.1991Robert LudlumThe Road to Omaha...she had brought up her own daughters to serve the byzantine infrastructures of the government's myriad bureaus, departments, and agencies.1992Pat CadiganTrue FacesMaybe it should have prepared me for the more byzantine protocols of extraterrestrials, but I've got a bad attitude.1998Chuck RogersTarget CommandDuring the cold war, KGB operations were Byzantine to say the least.

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