Dictionary

intricacy en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɪn.tɹɪ.kə.si/
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ɪnˈtɹɪ.kə.si/ (Ireland)

Etymology

From intric(ate) + -acy.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The state or quality of being intricate or entangled.
   • the intricacy of accounts
   • the intricacy of a cause in controversy
   • the intricacy of a knot
2. (countable, uncountable) Perplexity.
   • The breadth of Creation makes it impossible for us to step back far enough to see the story that the tapestry tells; the intricacy of it, from the macro to the micro to the subatomic, makes it impossible for us to comprehend the megatrillions of connections between the threads in just one small fragment of the whole. 2013, Dean Koontz, Deeply Odd, London: HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 121:
3. (countable, uncountable) Something which is intricate or complex.
   • With the most patient assiduity he peered into the intricacies of unrevealed structure. No object was too minute, none too large, for his attention. 1845, Jordan Roche Lynch, The Hunterian Oration, page 8:
   • There are many intricacies in the plot of this novel.

Forms

Synonyms

complexity · complication · involution

Translations (45)

tr giriftlik (The state or quality of being intricate or entangled) · fi mutkikkuus (The state or quality of being intricate or entangled) · de Schwierigkeit (The state or quality of being intricate or entangled) · de Komplexität (The state or quality of being intricate or entangled) · fi koukero (that which is intricate or involved) · ja もつれ (that which is intricate or involved) · ru сло́жность (Perplexity; involution; complication; complexity) · es complicaciones (that which is intricate or involved) · fi monimutkaisuus (Perplexity; involution; complication; complexity) · sv svårighet (The state or quality of being intricate or entangled) · mr गुंतागुंत (Perplexity; involution; complication; complexity) · es vericuetos (that which is intricate or involved) · fi monimutkaisuus (The state or quality of being intricate or entangled) · pl skomplikowanie (The state or quality of being intricate or entangled) · sv komplexitet (Perplexity; involution; complication; complexity) · pl złożoność (Perplexity; involution; complication; complexity) · pl misterność (Perplexity; involution; complication; complexity) · sv besvärlighet (The state or quality of being intricate or entangled) · de Verzwicktheit (The state or quality of being intricate or entangled) · tr karışıklık (The state or quality of being intricate or entangled) · es laberinto (that which is intricate or involved) · es dificultades (that which is intricate or involved) · nl verwikkeling (The state or quality of being intricate or entangled) · es obstáculos (that which is intricate or involved) · bg обърканост (Perplexity; involution; complication; complexity) · bg сложност (The state or quality of being intricate or entangled) · es intríngulis (that which is intricate or involved) · pl zawiłość (The state or quality of being intricate or entangled) · es entresijos (that which is intricate or involved) · pl złożoność (The state or quality of being intricate or entangled) · ru запу́танность (The state or quality of being intricate or entangled) · no vanskelighet (The state or quality of being intricate or entangled) · es busilis (that which is intricate or involved) · es incógnitas (that which is intricate or involved) · no vanske (The state or quality of being intricate or entangled) · de Verworrenheit (The state or quality of being intricate or entangled) · ga castacht (Perplexity; involution; complication; complexity) · tr anlaşmazlık (The state or quality of being intricate or entangled) · tr karmaşıklık (The state or quality of being intricate or entangled) · bg заплетеност (The state or quality of being intricate or entangled) · fi konstikkuus (The state or quality of being intricate or entangled) · de Gewundenheit (The state or quality of being intricate or entangled) · pl zawiłość (that which is intricate or involved) · ga castacht (The state or quality of being intricate or entangled) · gd eadar-fhigheachd (The state or quality of being intricate or entangled)