OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 6636

Byzantine

/bɪˈzæntaɪn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
bizantino
Of or pertaining to Byzantium.
bizantino
Belonging to the civilization of the Eastern Roman Empire between 331, when its capital was moved to Constantinople, and 1453, when that capital was conquered by the Turks and ultimately renamed Istanbul.
farragoso
Overly complex or intricate, especially of bureaucracy.
The byzantine, meandering processes of Icann are engineered in a way that avoids any dissent surfacing, all under the reassuring guise of consensus.
a Byzantine system of regulations
sibilino
Of a devious, usually stealthy, manner or practice.
I never went through a time when more people told me not to trust other people on an issue. Perhaps they were all right. The internal politics were byzantine, much of it played out…
It’s also important to note that this analysis deals solely with intrinsic failure, or the odds of a conspiracy being exposed intentionally or accidentally by actors involved—extri…
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📚 noun • entry_id 6637

Byzantine

/bɪˈzæntaɪn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
bizantina • bizantino
A native of Byzantium (modern-day Istanbul) or of the Byzantine empire
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