Intricacy

//ˈɪn.tɹɪ.kə.si// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state or quality of being intricate or entangled. countable, uncountable

    "the intricacy of a knot"

  2. 2
    marked by elaborately complex detail wordnet
  3. 3
    Perplexity. countable, uncountable

    "The breadth of Creation makes it impossible for us to step back far enough to see the story that the tapestry tells; the intricacy of it, from the macro to the micro to the subatomic, makes it impossible for us to comprehend the megatrillions of connections between the threads in just one small fragment of the whole."

  4. 4
    Something which is intricate or complex. countable, uncountable

    "There are many intricacies in the plot of this novel."

Synonyms

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involutionabstrusenessarduousnessbothersomenessburdensomenesscomplexity

Example

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"the intricacy of a cause in controversy"

Etymology

From intricate + -cy.

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