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complication

noun
/ˌkɒm.plɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/UK/ˌkɑm.pləˈkeɪ.ʃən/US

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French complication, from Latin complicatio, complicationem. Morphologically complicate + -ion.

  1. derived from complicatio
  2. borrowed from complication

Definitions

  1. The act or process of complicating.

  2. The state of being complicated

    The state of being complicated; intricate or confused relation of parts; complexity.

  3. A person who doesn't fit in with the main scheme of things

    A person who doesn't fit in with the main scheme of things; an interloper.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A disease or diseases, or adventitious circumstances or conditions, coexistent with and…

      A disease or diseases, or adventitious circumstances or conditions, coexistent with and modifying a primary disease, but not necessarily connected with it.

    2. A feature beyond basic time display in a timepiece.

      • Obsessed, he was after a watch that contained the greatest number of complications in the boldest combinations in the smallest space imaginable.
      • In their final year, each student must make their own watch with a complication—from a tourbillon to a chiming mode to having a date display.

    3. A twisting or intertwining.

      • the snaky complication in the Caduceus or rod of Hermes.

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Derived

decomplication, overcomplication, uncomplication

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at complication. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at complication. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at complication

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA