complicacy

noun

com·​pli·​ca·​cy ˈkäm-pli-kə-sē 

plural complicacies

1

: the quality or state of being complicated

2

: something that is complicated

Synonyms

• complexity
• complication
• convolution
• difficulty
• intricacy

Examples of complicacy in a Sentence

the difference in time zones was yet another complicacy that had to be dealt with

the complicacy of the theory of relativity is such that it cannot be reduced to a few words that are readily comprehensible to the layman

Word History

Etymology

complic(ate) entry 2 + -acy

First Known Use

circa 1828, in the meaning defined at sense 1