intricate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Having a great deal of fine detail or complexity.
Difficult to disentangle, puzzle apart, or resolve; enigmatic, obscure.

verb

To become enmeshed or entangled.
To enmesh or entangle: to cause to intricate.

Pronunciation

/ˈɪn.tɹɪ.kət/ en-us-intricate.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-intricate.wav /ˈɪn.tɹɪ.keɪt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-intricate2.wav

Word forms

intricate more intricate most intricate intricates intricating intricated

Etymology

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

Synonyms

fancy convoluted

Antonyms

extricate

Derived words

disintricate intricacy intricately intricateness overintricate unintricate

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