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Intricate

//ˈɪn.tɹɪ.kət// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective

1
Having a great deal of fine detail or complexity.
"The architecture of this clock is very intricate."
2
Difficult to disentangle, puzzle apart, or resolve; enigmatic, obscure. archaic
"The Ways of Heav’n are dark and intricate, Puzzled in Mazes, and perplext with Errors; Our Underſtanding traces ’em in vain, Loſt and bewilder’d in the fruitleſs Search; Nor ſees with how much Art the Windings run, Nor where the regular Confuſion ends."

Adjective

1
having many complexly arranged elements; elaborate wordnet

Verb

1
To become enmeshed or entangled. intransitive
"[…] washes off easily, without sticking or intricating into the wound."
2
To enmesh or entangle: to cause to intricate. transitive
"But the British and French won't hear of that; they want to get their troops extricated and our ground troops intricated."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English intricat(e) (“entangled, intricate”), from Latin intrīcātus, perfect passive participle of intricō, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Etymology 2

As for Etymology 1; from Latin intrīcātus, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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