• (n.) The state or quality of being intricate or entangled; perplexity; involution; complication; complexity; that which is intricate or involved; as, the intricacy of a knot; the intricacy of accounts; the intricacy of a cause in controversy; the intricacy of a plot. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/intricacy/
[Noun] Plural form: intricacies. Complicated details. Example: The intricacies of politics can be difficult to follow.
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In'tri·ca·cy noun ; plural Intricacies . [ From Intricate .] The state or quality of being intricate or entangled; perplexity; involution; complication; complexity; that which is intricate or involved; as, the intricacy of a knot; the intricacy of accounts; the ... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/I/88