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† ˈintricable, a. Obs. [a. obs. F. intricable (14th c. in Godef.), f. L. type *intrīcābilis, f. intrīcāre to entangle: see intricate.] Entangling, perplexing; entangled, intricately involved.
a1540Barnes Wks. (1573) 278/1 Now here haue I aunswered, to an intricable doubt. 1612Shelton Quix. iii. vii. 182 They shall remaine captiue, and intangled in the intricable amorous net. 1621Burton Anat. Mel. Democr. to Rdr. 64 A labyrinth of intricable questions, unprofitable contentions..one calls it [School divinity]. |