Definition of INTRICACY

intricacy

Plural: intricacies

Noun

  • marked by elaborately complex detail
  • The state or quality of being intricate or entangled.
  • Perplexity.
  • Something which is intricate or complex.

Examples

  • the intricacy of a cause in controversy
  • the intricacy of a knot
  • the intricacy of accounts
  • There are many intricacies in the plot of this novel.

Origin / Etymology

From intricate + -acy.

Scrabble Score: 16

intricacy: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
intricacy: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
intricacy: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 18

intricacy: valid Words With Friends Word