Not obvious or readily understood; difficult to decide or settle; demanding close consideration; †intricate (obsolete).

Resembling a plait; (in early use) spec. †involved, complicated, complex (obsolete).

Entangling, perplexing; entangled, intricately involved.

(un-, prefix1 affix 1. Cf. Middle Dutch onsimpel.)

In the senses of the verb: (a) caught or held fast in anything tangled; ensnared; (b) involved in difficulties; embarrassed, perplexed; †(c) (of an…

= intricate, adj., involved, entangled.

Resembling the Gordian knot; consisting of twisted convolutions, intricate, involved.

Intricate, complicated.

Made complex; complex, complicated, intricately involved.

Twisted and entangled.

Consisting of an intimate combination of parts or elements not easy to unravel or separate; involved, intricate, confused.

That has been made puzzling; complicated, intricate; tangled. Obsolete.

Involved; entangled; intricate; †hidden, obscure (obsolete).

with the additional notion of Intricate, involved, difficult to analyse or unravel.

esp. Consisting of parts or elements not simply co-ordinated, but some of them involved in various degrees of subordination; complicated, involved…

Woven; figurative intricate.

Knotty, intricate.

Not obvious, manifest, or evident; not readily perceived or understood.