Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The state or quality of being intricate or entangled.

    the intricacy of a knot

    the intricacy of accounts

    Gewundenheit, Komplexität, Schwierigkeit

    запу́танностьzapútannostʹ

  2. (countable, uncountable)Perplexity.

    сло́жностьslóžnostʹ

  3. (countable, uncountable)Something which is intricate or complex.

    There are many intricacies in the plot of this novel.

    marked by elaborately complex detail

Examples

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  1. Amerindian languages are full of interesting intricacies.

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  2. Carlos is fascinated by biology and all its intricacies.

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  3. The investigator tried to figure out the intricacies of the crime.

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  4. Carlos is a musician who loves exploring the intricacies of different genres.

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  5. Carlos is a skilled chef who understands the intricacies of flavor combinations.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
The state or quality of being intricate or entangled:
Perplexity; involution; complication; complexity:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
The state or quality of being intricate or entangled:

Origin

From intric(ate) + -acy.

From intric(ate) + -acy.

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Forms

plural: intricacies
Singularintricacy
Pluralintricacies

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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