intricacy

Etymology

From intricate + -acy.

noun

  1. 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
  2. Perplexity
  3. Something which is intricate or complex.
    There are many intricacies in the plot of this novel.

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