intricateness

Variant of intricate

adjective

  1. hard to follow or understand because full of puzzling parts, details, or relationships: an intricate problem
  2. 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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