intricacy

English

Noun

intricacy (countable and uncountable, plural intricacies)

The state or quality of being intricate or entangled.
the intricacy of a knot

the intricacy of accounts

the intricacy of a cause in controversy
Perplexity
Synonyms: involution, complication, complexity
Something which is intricate or complex.
There are many intricacies in the plot of this novel.

Translations

The state or quality of being intricate or entangled

Dutch: verwikkeling (nl)
German: Gewundenheit f, Komplexität (de) f, Schwierigkeit (de) f, Verworrenheit f, Verzwicktheit
Irish: castacht f
Norwegian: vanske m, vanskelighet (no) m

Russian: запу́танность (ru) f (zapútannostʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: eadar-fhigheachd f
Swedish: besvärlighet (sv) c, svårighet (sv) c
Turkish: anlaşmazlık (tr), giriftlik (tr), karmaşıklık (tr), karışıklık (tr)

Perplexity; involution; complication; complexity

Irish: castacht f
Russian: сло́жность (ru) f (slóžnostʹ)

Swedish: komplexitet (sv)

that which is intricate or involved

Japanese: もつれ (ja) (motsure)

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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