com·pli·cat·ed
(kŏḿplĭ-kā́tĭd)
adjective
- Containing intricately combined or involved parts.
- Not easy to understand or analyze. See synonyms at complex See synonyms at elaborate
derivatives
- coḿpli·cat́ed·ly
- adverb
- coḿpli·cat́ed·ness
- noun
com·pli·cate
(kŏḿplĭ-kāt́)
[Latin complicāre, complicāt-, to fold together, com-, com-, + plicāre, to fold.]
tr. & intr.v.: -cat·ed, -cat·ing, -cates.
- To make or become complex or perplexing.
- To twist or become twisted together.
adjective
- Complex, intricate, and involved.
- Biology Folded longitudinally one or several times, as certain leaves or the wings of some insects.