"intricacy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɪn.tɹɪ.kə.si/, /ɪnˈtɹɪ.kə.si/ [Ireland] Forms: intricacies [plural]
Etymology: From intricate + -acy. Etymology templates: {{af|en|intricate|-acy}} intricate + -acy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} intricacy (countable and uncountable, plural intricacies)
  1. The state or quality of being intricate or entangled. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (The state or quality of being intricate or entangled): сложност (složnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), заплетеност (zapletenost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), verwikkeling (Dutch), monimutkaisuus (Finnish), konstikkuus (Finnish), mutkikkuus (Finnish), Gewundenheit [feminine] (German), Komplexität [feminine] (German), Schwierigkeit [feminine] (German), Verworrenheit [feminine] (German), Verzwicktheit (German), castacht [feminine] (Irish), vanske [masculine] (Norwegian), vanskelighet [masculine] (Norwegian), zawiłość [feminine] (Polish), запу́танность (zapútannostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), eadar-fhigheachd [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), besvärlighet [common-gender] (Swedish), svårighet [common-gender] (Swedish), anlaşmazlık (Turkish), giriftlik (Turkish), karmaşıklık (Turkish), karışıklık (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-intricacy-en-noun-WMbX~TI~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -acy Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 51 7 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -acy: 51 40 8 Disambiguation of 'The state or quality of being intricate or entangled': 93 4 2
  2. Perplexity. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: involution, complication, complexity Translations (Perplexity; involution; complication; complexity): обърканост (obǎrkanost) (Bulgarian), monimutkaisuus (Finnish), castacht [feminine] (Irish), गुंतागुंत (guntāgunta) [feminine] (Marathi), сло́жность (slóžnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), komplexitet (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-intricacy-en-noun-xqIeVhgd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 51 7 Disambiguation of 'Perplexity; involution; complication; complexity': 3 96 1
  3. Something which is intricate or complex. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (that which is intricate or involved): koukero (Finnish), もつれ (motsure) (Japanese), vericuetos [masculine, plural] (Spanish), entresijos [masculine, plural] (Spanish), laberinto [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-intricacy-en-noun-wpg3uudw Disambiguation of 'that which is intricate or involved': 26 13 60

Inflected forms

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      "word": "anlaşmazlık"
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      "sense": "The state or quality of being intricate or entangled",
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      "sense": "The state or quality of being intricate or entangled",
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      "sense": "The state or quality of being intricate or entangled",
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      "roman": "obǎrkanost",
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      "sense": "Perplexity; involution; complication; complexity",
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "Perplexity; involution; complication; complexity",
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      "word": "castacht"
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      "roman": "guntāgunta",
      "sense": "Perplexity; involution; complication; complexity",
      "tags": [
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      "roman": "slóžnostʹ",
      "sense": "Perplexity; involution; complication; complexity",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "Perplexity; involution; complication; complexity",
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "that which is intricate or involved",
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "that which is intricate or involved",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "entresijos"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "that which is intricate or involved",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "laberinto"
    }
  ],
  "word": "intricacy"
}

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