intricacy
noun/ˈɪntrɪkəsi/
Frequency rank: #19,457 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
the quality of being very complex or detailed
Example sentence
The intricacy of the watch's internal mechanism amazed the engineers who examined it.
Synonyms & related words
- complexity
- detail
- elaborateness
- sophistication
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