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intricacy

noun
/ˈɪn.tɹɪ.kə.si/

Etymology

From intricate + -cy.

  1. derived from intrīcātus
  2. inherited from intricat
  3. formed as intricacy — “intricate + -cy”

Definitions

  1. The state or quality of being intricate or entangled.

    • the intricacy of a knot
    • the intricacy of accounts
    • the intricacy of a cause in controversy

  2. Perplexity.

  3. Something which is intricate or complex.

    • There are many intricacies in the plot of this novel.
    • With the most patient assiduity he peered into the intricacies of unrevealed structure. No object was too minute, none too large, for his attention.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at intricacy. 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 intricacy. 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 intricacy

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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