intricacy
intricacies
The noun intricacy means a quality of being complex or elaborately detailed. You could compliment the intricacy of your friend's complicated hairdo.
A delicate piece of jewelry, twisted with decorative strands of silver, can be admired for its intricacy, and an overly complex piece of legislation might be criticized for its intricacy. You could also talk about the intricacy of the universe, or the intricacy of the human body. Intricacy comes from the Latin root word intricatus, which means "entangled."
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the quality of having elaborately complex detail
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synonyms:
elaborateness, elaboration, involution
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type of:
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complexity, complexness
the quality of being intricate and compounded
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complexity, complexness
Vocabulary lists containing intricacy
Lotus Bloom, a seventh-grade girl who loves the vintage style of the 1970s, learns to speak up and fight for the freedom of expression after facing a dress code violation at school.
Following the death of her father, twelve-year-old Ophelia discovers that she can talk to ghosts and that not all ghosts are as nice as they seem.
A cooking class brings together two sixth graders from different backgrounds. Here are links to our lists for the novel: Chapters 1–7, Chapters 8–14, Chapters 15–24, Chapters 25–34
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