intricate.
Having a great deal of fine detail or complexity.
Meaning & usage
Having a great deal of fine detail or complexity.
The architecture of this clock is very intricate.
Difficult to disentangle, puzzle apart, or resolve; enigmatic, obscure.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English intricat(e) (“entangled, intricate”), from Latin intrīcātus, perfect passive participle of intricō, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
To become enmeshed or entangled.
To enmesh or entangle: to cause to intricate.
Where this word comes from
As for Etymology 1; from Latin intrīcātus, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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