intricate
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intricate¹
- /ˈɪn.tɹɪ.kət/
Where it comes from
From Middle English intricat(e) (“entangled, intricate”), from Latin intrīcātus, perfect passive participle of intricō, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
adjective more intricate · most intricate
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Having a great deal of fine detail or complexity.
The architecture of this clock is very intricate.
Similar: fancy, convoluted
- Difficult to disentangle, puzzle apart, or resolve; enigmatic, obscure. 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.
intricate²
- /ˈɪn.tɹɪ.keɪt/
Where it comes from
As for Etymology 1; from Latin intrīcātus, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
verb intricates · intricating · intricated
- To become enmeshed or entangled. […] washes off easily, without sticking or intricating into the wound.
- To enmesh or entangle: to cause to intricate. But the British and French won't hear of that; they want to get their troops extricated and our ground troops intricated.
Opposite: extricate
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: elaborate, complex, involved, fancy, luxuriant, convoluted, tortuous, labyrinthine, knotty, byzantine, tangled, complicated, tricky, delicate, daedal, subtle
verb
Opposite: extricate
Translations
Every language
adj having a great deal of fine detail or complexity
| Español | intrincado, intricado |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 복잡(複雜)하다 bokjap-hada |
| 日本語 | 複雑 fukuzatsu |
| 中文 | 複雜的 /复杂的 fùzá de |
| Português | intrincado |
| Français | intriqué, compliqué, tortueux |
| Deutsch | aufwendig, kompliziert, ausgeklügelt, raffiniert, kunstvoll, knifflig |
| Italiano | intricato |
| Ελληνικά | μπερδεμένος berdeménos |
| Română | complicat |
| Русский | сло́жный slóžnyj, запу́танный zapútannyj, замыслова́тый zamyslovátyj |
| Tiếng Việt | phức tạp |
| עברית | מסובך, מורכב |
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