Byzantine

  1. Adjective.  Overly complex or intricate.
  2. Adjective.  (rare) Of or pertaining to Byzantium.
  3. Adjective.  of a devious, usually stealthy manner, of practice.
  4. Noun.  (rare) A native of Byzantium (modern-day Istanbul).
  5. Noun.  (history) Belonging to the civilization of the Eastern-Roman empire, between 331 A.D. when the capital was moved to Constantinople (now Istanbul) and up 1453 when it was conquered by the Turks.
  6. Adjective.  (alternative spelling of, Byzantine) .

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