intricate
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[edit] English
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[edit] Etymology 1
From Latin intricatus (past participle of intricare).
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[edit] Adjective
intricate (comparative more intricate, superlative most intricate)
- having a great deal of fine detail or complexity
- The architecture of this clock is very intricate.
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having a great deal of fine detail or complexity
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[edit] Etymology 2
As the adjective; or by analogy with extricate
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- IPA: /ˈɪn.trɪ.keɪt/
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intricate (third-person singular simple present intricates, present participle intricating, simple past and past participle intricated)
- (intransitive) To become enmeshed or entangled.
- 1864 October 18, J.E. Freund, “How to Avoid the Use of Lint”, letter to the editor, in The New York Times (1864 October 23):
- […] washes off easily, without sticking or intricating into the wound.
- 1864 October 18, J.E. Freund, “How to Avoid the Use of Lint”, letter to the editor, in The New York Times (1864 October 23):
- (transitive) To enmesh or entangle: to cause to intricate.
- 1994 December 12, William Safire, “Avoid Dunkirk II” (essay), in The New York Times:
- But the British and French won't hear of that; they want to get their troops extricated and our ground troops intricated.
- 1994 December 12, William Safire, “Avoid Dunkirk II” (essay), in The New York Times:
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[edit] Italian
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intricate pl.
- feminine form of intricato
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intricate
- second-person plural present tense of intricare
- second-person plural imperative of intricare
- feminine plural past participle of intricare
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intrīcāte
- first-person plural present active imperative of intrīcō
