tangled

Etymology

adj

  1. Mixed up, interlaced.
    tangled knot
    That like a mighty river onward streams / In multitudinous channels ruthlessly, / Past tangled isles and barriers of sand 1919, Henry Head, “Paris. April, 1916”, in Destroyers and Other Verses
  2. (by extension) Intricate.

verb

  1. simple past and past participle of tangle

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