COMPLICATE, COMPLICATED
ADJECTIVES
► HAIRY complicated, weird → 1960s sl.
► IMPLEX having a complicated plot; involved → 1710 obs.
► IMPLEXED involved, complicated → a1619 obs.
► INTRINSE complicated, intricate, entangled, involved → 1605 obs.
► LABYRINTHAL complicated, labyrinthine → 1669
► LABYRINTHED full of complications → 1650 obs.
► LABYRINTHIAL complicated, labyrinthine → a1550 obs.
► LABYRINTHIAN complicated, labyrinthine → a1550 obs.
► LABYRINTHIC complicated, labyrinthine → 1641
► LABYRINTHICAL complicated, labyrinthine → 1641
► LABYRINTHINE complicated, intricate, involved, inextricable → 1840
► MISRED complicated, entangled → 1789 Sc. obs.
► NETWORK complicated, involved → 1675 obs.
► QUIRKIE ► QUIRKY complicated, intricate, twisted → 1896 Sc.
NOUNS
► CANFUL OF ANGLE-WORMS a complicated enigma; a confused, complex, and distasteful state of affairs → 1927-28 US
► CAN OF WORMS a complicated enigma; a confused, complex, and distasteful state of affairs → 1927-28 US
► EMBROGLIO ► IMBROGLIO a complicated or difficult situation (esp. political or dramatic); a confused misunderstanding or disagreement → 1818
► INVOLUTION something complicated; an intricate movement, a tangle → 1611
► MOLLY-HOGAN any complicated or puzzling thing → 1960 Amer. dial.
► MONKEY-PUZZLE something that is intricate, convoluted, or complicated → 1902
► PAKAPOO TICKET something overly complicated → 1951 Aust. sl.
► PARANGLES a complicated, bothersome situation → 1940s W. Indies sl.
► PUCKERSNATCH a difficult, complicated, or muddled situation; an agitated state; something tangled, bungled or confused → 1930 Amer. dial.
► TATHER a complicated state of things → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
PHRASES
► GOING AROUND ROBINSON’S BARN doing something in an involved, complicated way → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
VERBS
► GO AROUND THE MUSHROOM to do something in a complicated and indirect way → 1968 Amer. dial.