intricacy
/ˈɪn.tɹɪ.kə.si/
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Ireland/ɪnˈtɹɪ.kə.si/
intricacy noun: the state or quality of being intricate or entangled.
Noun
intricacy (countable and uncountable, plural intricacies)
- The state or quality of being intricate or entangled.
- the intricacy of a knot
- the intricacy of accounts
- 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...2013, Dean Koontz, Deeply Odd, London: HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 121
- Synonyms:
- involution, complication, complexity
- Something which is intricate or complex.
- There are many intricacies in the plot of this novel.
- 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
intricacy meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
intricacy in Tamil
- நுணுக்கம், சிக்கல், பெரும்புதிர்
intricacy in Marathi
- Perplexity; involution; complication; complexity
- गुंतागुंत guntāgunta
intricacy in Urdu
- باریکی, دقت, مشکل, پیچ و خم, الجھاؤ
intricacy in Bengali
- intricacy
- মারপ্যাঁচ maroppãc
More languagesFewer languages
- intricacy in Telugu
- తిరకాసు tirakāsu
- intricacy in Malayalam
- കുഴക്ക് kuḻakkŭ, സങ്കീർണ്ണത saṅkīṟṇṇata
- intricacy in Kannada
- ಗೋಜುಗೋಜು, ತೊಡಕು, ಗೊಂದಲ, ಜಟಿಲತೆ
- intricacy in Odia
- ଗଣ୍ଠି gaṇṭhi
Examples of intricacy in a sentence
- Any good mains lead supplier should be able to explain the intricacies of European pluggery.
- By it alone we can pass through all these intricacies, through these showers of miseries, unscathed.
- Stravinsky's wistful and brutal “Rite of Spring” has become a rite de passage for choreographers attracted to its rhythmic intricacies.
Synonyms of intricacy
Forms of intricacy
| plural | intricacies |
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Origin of intricacy
From intric(ate) + -acy.
Questions about intricacy
- What does intricacy mean?
- Intricacy means the state or quality of being intricate or entangled.
- What is intricacy in Tamil?
- Intricacy in Tamil is நுணுக்கம், சிக்கல், பெரும்புதிர். See Intricacy meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is intricacy?
- Intricacy is a noun.
- How do you pronounce intricacy?
- Intricacy is pronounced /ˈɪn.tɹɪ.kə.si/.
- What is the plural of intricacy?
- The plural of intricacy is intricacies.
Words near intricacy in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: intricacy (page history and authors); intricacy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); intricacy (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); মারপ্যাঁচ (Bengali) (page history and authors); తిరకాసు (Telugu) (page history and authors); കുഴക്ക് (Malayalam) (page history and authors); intricacy (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ଗଣ୍ଠି (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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