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byzantine BAI-zan-teen adjective hard to comprehend due to complexity; intricacy; complicated 1982PartisansBut 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.1991The Road to Omaha...she had brought up her own daughters to serve the byzantine infrastructures of the government's myriad bureaus, departments, and agencies.1992True FacesMaybe it should have prepared me for the more byzantine protocols of extraterrestrials, but I've got a bad attitude.1998Target CommandDuring the cold war, KGB operations were Byzantine to say the least.Labels: Alistair MacLean, Chuck Rogers, Pat Cadigan, Robert Ludlum
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