byzantine

🇬🇧 UK/bi'zæntain/🇺🇸 US

GREC2

Definitions

adj.

Of or relating to Byzantium or its empire; excessively complicated and difficult to understand

拜占庭的；错综复杂的

n.

A native or inhabitant of Byzantium

拜占庭人

🧩 Root Breakdown

Eponym

byzantineother

=byzantine

Common Collocations

1.byzantine politics复杂的政治
2.byzantine system复杂的系统

Example Sentences

1.
The byzantine rules of the bureaucracy made even simple tasks complicated.

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