intricacy

English

Etymology

From intricate +‎ -acy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪn.tɹɪ.kə.si/
• (Ireland) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtɹɪ.kə.si/

Noun

intricacy (countable and uncountable, plural intricacies)

1. The state or quality of being intricate or entangled.

   the intricacy of a knot

   the intricacy of accounts

   the intricacy of a cause in controversy

2. Perplexity.

   Synonyms: involution, complication, complexity

3. Something which is intricate or complex.

   There are many intricacies in the plot of this novel.

Translations

The state or quality of being intricate or entangled

• Bulgarian: сложност (bg) f (složnost), заплетеност (bg) f (zapletenost)
• Dutch: verwikkeling (nl)
• Finnish: monimutkaisuus (fi), konstikkuus (fi), mutkikkuus (fi)
• German: Gewundenheit f, Komplexität (de) f, Schwierigkeit (de) f, Verworrenheit f, Verzwicktheit
• Irish: castacht f
• Norwegian: vanske m, vanskelighet (no) m
• Polish: zawiłość (pl) f
• Russian: запу́танность (ru) f (zapútannostʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: eadar-fhigheachd f
• Swedish: besvärlighet (sv) c, svårighet (sv) c
• Turkish: anlaşmazlık (tr), giriftlik (tr), karmaşıklık (tr), karışıklık (tr)

Perplexity; involution; complication; complexity

• Bulgarian: обърканост (bg) (obǎrkanost)
• Finnish: monimutkaisuus (fi)
• Irish: castacht f
• Marathi: गुंतागुंत f (guntāgunta)
• Russian: сло́жность (ru) f (slóžnostʹ)
• Swedish: komplexitet (sv)

that which is intricate or involved

• Finnish: koukero
• Japanese: もつれ (ja) (motsure)
• Spanish: vericuetos (es) m pl, entresijos (es) m pl, laberinto (es) m

References

• “intricacy”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “intricacy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.