intricate

[In·tri*cate]

Intricate things are complex and have many elements: they're not simple. Think of the intricate wiring of a computer's motherboard, or the intricate plot of a movie that you have a hard time following.

...

Entangled; involved; perplexed; complicated; difficult to understand, follow, arrange, or adjust; as, intricate machinery, labyrinths, accounts, plots, etc.

Adjective S.
highly involved or intricate; "the Byzantine tax structure"; "convoluted legal language"; "convoluted reasoning"; "intricate needlework"; "an intricate labyrinth of refined phraseology"; "the plot was too involved"; "a knotty problem"; "got his way by lab


a.
Entangled; involved; perplexed; complicated; difficult to understand, follow, arrange, or adjust; as, intricate machinery, labyrinths, accounts, plots, etc.

v. t.
To entangle; to involve; to make perplexing.


Intricate

In"tri*cate , a. [L. intricatus, p. p. of intricare to entangle, perplex. Cf. Intrigue, Extricate.] Entangled; involved; perplexed; complicated; difficult to understand, follow, arrange, or adjust; as, intricate machinery, labyrinths, accounts, plots, etc.
His style was fit to convey the most intricate business to the understanding with the utmost clearness.
The nature of man is intricate.
Syn. -- Intricate, Complex, Complicated. A thing is complex when it is made up of parts; it is complicated when those parts are so many, or so arranged, as to make it difficult to grasp them; it is intricate when it has numerous windings and confused involutions which it is hard to follow out. What is complex must be resolved into its parts; what is complicated must be drawn out and developed; what is intricate must be unraveled.

Intricate

In"tri*cate , v. t. To entangle; to involve; to make perplexing. [Obs.]
It makes men troublesome, and intricates all wise discourses.

Entangled; involved; perplexed; complicated; difficult to understand, follow, arrange, or adjust; as, intricate machinery, labyrinths, accounts, plots, etc.

To entangle; to involve; to make perplexing.

...

Usage Examples

By age seven, I used to comb my hair for performances, just pull my hair up into a bun. Granted, it wasn't a very intricate hairstyle. Still, to be that responsible and disciplined at age seven is unusual.

When a great team loses through complacency, it will constantly search for new and more intricate explanations to explain away defeat.

The human mind evolved always in the company of the human body, and of the animal body before it was human. The intricate connections of mind and body must exceed our imagination, as from our point of view we are peculiarly prevented from observing them.

Misspelled Form

intricate, uintricate, 8intricate, 9intricate, ointricate, jintricate, kintricate, untricate, 8ntricate, 9ntricate, ontricate, jntricate, kntricate, iuntricate, i8ntricate, i9ntricate, iontricate, ijntricate, ikntricate, ibntricate, ihntricate, ijntricate, imntricate, i ntricate, ibtricate, ihtricate, ijtricate, imtricate, i tricate, inbtricate, inhtricate, injtricate, inmtricate, in tricate, inrtricate, in5tricate, in6tricate, inytricate, ingtricate, inrricate, in5ricate, in6ricate, inyricate, ingricate, intrricate, int5ricate, int6ricate, intyricate, intgricate, intericate, int4ricate, int5ricate, inttricate, intfricate, inteicate, int4icate, int5icate, intticate, intficate, intreicate, intr4icate, intr5icate, intrticate, intrficate, intruicate, intr8icate, intr9icate, introicate, intrjicate, intrkicate, intrucate, intr8cate, intr9cate, introcate, intrjcate, intrkcate, intriucate, intri8cate, intri9cate, intriocate, intrijcate, intrikcate, intrixcate, intridcate, intrifcate, intrivcate, intri cate, intrixate, intridate, intrifate, intrivate, intri ate, intricxate, intricdate, intricfate, intricvate, intric ate, intricqate, intricwate, intricsate, intriczate, intricqte, intricwte, intricste, intriczte, intricaqte, intricawte, intricaste, intricazte, intricarte, intrica5te, intrica6te, intricayte, intricagte, intricare, intrica5e, intrica6e, intricaye, intricage, intricatre, intricat5e, intricat6e, intricatye, intricatge, intricatwe, intricat3e, intricat4e, intricatre, intricatse, intricatde, intricatw, intricat3, intricat4, intricatr, intricats, intricatd, intricatew, intricate3, intricate4, intricater, intricates, intricated.

Other Usage Examples

With all due respect to lawyers, it's wonderful that you have this intricate knowledge. You break down words to the nth degree. And sometimes I find it rather disgusting. And it goes on and on.

With the help of modern technology, I can compose intricate keyboard parts and then I have to go back and learn them in order to perform them properly.

My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram, or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation.

Comments


Browse Dictionary