intricate
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trɪ adjective
1.
having many interrelated parts or facets; entangled or involved: an intricate maze.
2.
complex; complicated; hard to understand, work, or make: an intricate machine.
Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin intrīcātus, past participle of intrīcāre to entangle, equivalent to in- in-2 + trīc(ae) perplexities + -ātus -ate1
1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin intrīcātus, past participle of intrīcāre to entangle, equivalent to in- in-2 + trīc(ae) perplexities + -ātus -ate1
Related forms
in·tri·cate·ly, adverb
in·tri·cate·ness, noun
un·in·tri·cate, adjective
un·in·tri·cate·ly, adverb
un·in·tri·cate·ness, noun
Synonyms
1. knotty, tangled, labyrinthine.
1. knotty, tangled, labyrinthine.
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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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Word Origin & History
intricate
c.1470, from L. intricatus "entangled," pp. of intricare "to entangle, perplex, embarrass," from in- "in" + tricæ (pl.) "perplexities, hindrances, toys, tricks," of uncertain origin (cf. extricate).
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Example sentences
His pictures are consistently geometric, intricate, and clever in the way they link disparate parts into a larger whole.
Personnel reshuffling could hardly retrieve the intricate situation, which is again entangled with an unfree political system.
Radiolarians are tiny protists that live inside intricate silica shells.
These differences tell us that intricate patterns aren't stamped onto a fish's skin according to a genetically encoded blueprint.
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