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intricate

adj
/ˈɪn.tɹɪ.kət//ˈɪn.tɹɪ.keɪt/

Etymology

From Middle English intricat(e) (“entangled, intricate”), from Latin intrīcātus, perfect passive participle of intricō, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

  1. derived from intrīcātus
  2. inherited from intricat

Definitions

  1. Having a great deal of fine detail or complexity.

    • The architecture of this clock is very intricate.
    • It is next argued that the discretion must be exercised in a reasonable manner and that the question whether a will was in fact executed or not would seldom be an intricate question and was not so in this case.

  2. Difficult to disentangle, puzzle apart, or resolve

    Difficult to disentangle, puzzle apart, or resolve; enigmatic, obscure.

    • His style of writing […] was […]fit to convey the most intricate business to the understanding […]with the utmost clearness.

  3. To become enmeshed or entangled.

    • […] washes off easily, without sticking or intricating into the wound.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. To enmesh or entangle

      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.

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Derived

disintricate, intricacy, intricately, intricateness, overintricate, unintricate

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at intricate. 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 intricate. 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 intricate

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

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