English-Thai Dictionary
intricate
ADJ ที่ ซับซ้อน complicated complex simple ti-sab-son
intricately
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
INTRICATE
a.[L. intricatus, from intrico, to fold; in and tricor.] Entangled, involved; perplexed; complicated; obscure. We passed through intricate windings. We found the accounts intricate. The case on trial is intricate. The plot of a tragedy may be too intricate to please.
INTRICATE
v.t.To perplex; to make obscure. [Little used. ]
INTRICATELY
adv. With involution or infoldings; with perplexity or intricacy.
INTRICATENESS
n.The state of being involved; involution; complication; perplexity.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
INTRICATE
In "tri *cate, a. Etym: [L. intricatus, p. p. of intricare to entangle, perplex. Cf. Intrigue, Extricate. ]
Defn: Entangled; involved; perplexed; complicated; difficult to understand, follow, arrange, or adjust; as, intricate machinery, labyrinths, accounts, plots, etc. His style was fit to convey the most intricate business to the understanding with the utmost clearness. Addison. The nature of man is intricate. Burke.
Syn. -- Intricate, Complex, Complicated. A thing is complex when it is made up of parts; it is complicated when those parts are so many, or so arranged, as to make it difficult to grasp them; it is intricate when it has numerous windings and confused involutions which it is hard to follow out. What is complex must be resolved into its parts; what is complicated must be drawn out and developed; what is intricate must be unraveled.
INTRICATE
INTRICATE In "tri *cate, v. t.
Defn: To entangle; to involve; to make perplexing. [Obs. ] It makes men troublesome, and intricates all wise discourses. Jer. Taylor.
INTRICATELY
INTRICATELY In "tri *cate *ly, adv.
Defn: In an intricate manner.
INTRICATENESS
INTRICATENESS In "tri *cate *ness, n.
Defn: The state or quality of being intricate; intricacy.
New American Oxford Dictionary
intricate
in tri cate |ˈintrikit ˈɪntrəkət | ▶adjective very complicated or detailed: an intricate network of canals. DERIVATIVES in tri cate ly adverb ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin intricat- ‘entangled, ’ from the verb intricare, from in- ‘into ’ + tricae ‘tricks, perplexities. ’
Oxford Dictionary
intricate
in ¦tri |cate |ˈɪntrɪkət | ▶adjective very complicated or detailed: an intricate network of canals. DERIVATIVES intricately adverb ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin intricat- ‘entangled ’, from the verb intricare, from in- ‘into ’ + tricae ‘tricks, perplexities ’.
American Oxford Thesaurus
intricate
intricate adjective intricate designs etched into the glass | an intricate plot: complex, complicated, convoluted, tangled, entangled, twisted; elaborate, ornate, detailed, baroque, delicate; involuted; bewildering, confusing, perplexing, labyrinthine, Byzantine; informal fiddly. WORD TOOLKIT Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them.
Oxford Thesaurus
intricate
intricate adjective intricate Arabic patterns | the intricate relationships between plants and animals: complex, complicated, convoluted, tangled, entangled, ravelled, twisted, knotty, maze-like, labyrinthine, winding, serpentine, circuitous, sinuous; elaborate, ornate, detailed; Byzantine, Daedalian, Gordian, involved, mixed up, difficult, hard; informal fiddly; rare involute, involuted. ANTONYMS simple, straightforward. WORD TOOLKIT Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
intricate
in tri cate /ɪ́ntrɪkət /形容詞 込み入った, 入り組んだ ; 複雑な ; はっきりしない, 難解な, あいまいな ▸ an intricate plot 込み入った (話の )筋 ～ly 副詞
The Wordsmith Dictionary