intricate

The definition of intricate is complex or having many details.

(adjective)

An example of intricate is a puzzle with 1000 pieces.

See intricate in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

hard to follow or understand because full of puzzling parts, details, or relationships: an intricate problem
full of elaborate detail: an intricate filigree

Origin: L intricatus, pp. of intricare, to entangle, perplex, embarrass < in-, in + tricae, vexations: see trick

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See intricate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Having many complexly arranged elements; elaborate. See Synonyms at elaborate.
Solvable or comprehensible only with painstaking effort. See Synonyms at complex.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: from Latin intrīcātus

Origin: , past participle of intrīcāre, to entangle, perplex

Origin: : in-, in; see in-²

Origin: + trīcae, perplexities, wiles

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