intricacy
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| —adj | |
| 1. | difficult to understand; obscure; complex; puzzling |
| 2. | entangled or involved: intricate patterns |
| [C15: from Latin intrīcāre to entangle, perplex, from | |
| 'intricacy | |
| —n | |
| 'intricateness | |
| —n | |
| 'intricately | |
| —adv | |
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Intricacy
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
Example sentences
In the last few years a significant strain of indie rock has slowly been shedding its pretense, its intricacy, its abstraction.
However, theirs is an evolving society with nuance and intricacy that makes simple truths no longer apropos.
The amazing intricacy of human cognition should serve as a caution to those who claim the singularity is close.
The intricacy of this web highlights how many firms have access to privileged information from large companies.
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