COMPLEX, COMPLEXITY
ADJECTIVES
► NONTRIVIAL extremely complex → 1997 US sl.
► SINUOUS complex, intricate; roundabout → 1853
NOUNS
► CAMAC anything that is over-complex or over-expensive to achieve its essentially simple purpose → 19C Irish sl.
► CANFUL OF ANGLE-WORMS a complex, confused, and distasteful state of affairs; a complicated enigma → 1927-28 US
► CAN OF WORMS a complex, confused, and distasteful state of affairs; a complicated enigma → 1927-28 US
► FUSS AND PALAVER an annoying or troublesome complexity → 1892
► HIGH FENCE something difficult or complex → 1967 Amer. dial.
► SINUOSITY a complexity or intricacy → 1827
► SUBTLETY complexity, abstruseness, intricacy → a1300 obs.
PHRASES
► WRAPPED AROUND THE AXLE tangled in complex and trivial matters; involved in a pointless discussion → 1980 US army usage
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