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Webster 1913 Edition

Intricacy

In′tri-ca-cy

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Intricacies
(#)
.
[From
Intricate
.]
The state or quality of being intricate or entangled; perplexity; involution; complication; complexity; that which is intricate or involved;
as, the
intricacy
of a knot; the
intricacy
of accounts; the
intricacy
of a cause in controversy; the
intricacy
of a plot.
Freed from
intricacies
, taught to live
The easiest way.
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Intricacy

IN'TRICACY

,
Noun.
[from intricate.] The state of being entangled; perplexity; involution; complication; as the intricacy of a knot,and figuratively, the intricacy of accounts,the intricacy of a cause in controversy, the intricacy of a plot.

Definition 2024

intricacy

intricacy

English

Noun

intricacy ‎(plural intricacies)

  1. The state or quality of being intricate or entangled;
  2. Perplexity; involution; complication; complexity;
  3. That which is intricate or involved; as, the intricacy of a knot; the intricacy of accounts; the intricacy of a cause in controversy; the intricacy of a plot.

Translations

References

  • intricacy in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
  • intricacy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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