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intricate

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
intricate/ˈɪntrɪkət/

▶adjective very complicated or detailed.

– derivatives
intricately adverb.

– origin ME: from L. intricat-, intricare ‘entangle’, from in- ‘into’ + tricae ‘tricks, perplexities’.

'intricate' also found in these Oxford entries:

art nouveau - Chinese puzzle - complicated - delicate - fiddle - fine - florid - intricacy - intrigue - kaiseki - knotty - labyrinth - microsurgery - paisley - plexus - soukous - spirograph - twiddle

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