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complicateness

complicateness noun: complicatedness, complexity.

Noun

complicateness (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Complicatedness, complexity.
    • There is so great variety of Intelligibles in the World, so much objected to our Senses […] and every several Object so full of subdivided multiplicity and complicateness.1677, Matthew Hale, chapter 1, in The primitive origination of mankind, considered and examined according to the light of nature
    • The remaining nine old states, originally colonized under the special protection of the British government, are burdened with all the inconveniences, litigation, complicateness, and expense of the feudal territorial division into counties and parishes.1838, William Maclure, Opinions on Various Subjects, Dedicated to the Industrious Producers, volume 3, page 8

Origin of complicateness

From complicate (adjective) + -ness.

Questions about complicateness

What does complicateness mean?
Complicateness means complicatedness, complexity.
What part of speech is complicateness?
Complicateness is a noun.

Words near complicateness in the dictionary

  1. complicatedest
  2. complicatedly
  3. complicatedness
  4. complicatednesses
  5. complicately
  6. complicateness
  7. complicates
  8. complicatic acid
  9. complicating
  10. complication
  11. complications

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