intricate
Definitions
- Having many complexly arranged elements; elaborate. adjective …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Difficult to understand, analyze, or solve for having many interconnected elements. synonym: complex. adjective …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- To render intricate or involved; make perplexing or obscure. …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary
- Perplexingly involved or entangled; hard to disentangle or disengage, or to trace out; complicated; obscure: as, an intricate knot; the intricate windings of a labyrinth; intricate accounts; the intricate plot of a tragedy. …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary
- In entomology, having unequal elevations and depressions placed irregularly and close together, but without running into each other: said of a sculptured surface. …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary
- To entangle; to involve; to make perplexing. transitive verb …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- Entangled; involved; perplexed; complicated; difficult to understand, follow, arrange, or adjust adjective …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- Having a great deal of
fine detail orcomplexity . adjective …☝️ Source: Wiktionary - To become
enmeshed orentangled . verb …☝️ Source: Wiktionary - To
enmesh orentangle : to cause to intricate. verb …☝️ Source: Wiktionary - 👉 View all 10 definitions...
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Etymology
- early 15c., from Latin intricatus "entangled," past participle of intricare "to entangle, perplex, embarrass," from in- "in" (see in- (2)) + tricae (plural) "perplexities, hindrances, toys, tricks," a word of uncertain origin (compare extricate). Related: Intricately; intricateness.
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- Intricate Unit Intricate Unit is a band formed by Ben Kopec. IU incorporates live theatrics including a huge box covered in circuit boards and swinging on the venue's pipes 20 feet in the air to smashing guitars live on stage.
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