complication

nounattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˌkɒm.plɪˈkeɪ.ʃən//
United States//ˌkɑm.pləˈkeɪ.ʃən//
United States//ˌkɑm.plɪˈkeɪ.ʃən//

The act or process of complicating.

noun

1
The act or process of complicating.
2
The state of being complicated; intricate or confused relation of parts; complexity.
3
A person who doesn't fit in with the main scheme of things; an interloper.
4
A disease or diseases, or adventitious circumstances or conditions, coexistent with and modifying a primary disease, but not necessarily connected with it.
5
A feature beyond basic time display in a timepiece.
Obsessed, he was after a watch that contained the greatest number of complications in the boldest combinations in the smallest space imaginable.
In their final year, each student must make their own watch with a complication—from a tourbillon to a chiming mode to having a date display.
6
obsoleteA twisting or intertwining.
the snaky complication in the Caduceus or rod of Hermes.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French complication, from Latin complicatio, complicationem. Morphologically complicate + -ion.

Forms

plural: complications

complexity · The state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement.complicate · To make complex; to modify so as to make something intricate…complicated · Difficult or convoluted.

complication · The act or process of complicating.

compliment · An expression of praise, congratulation, or respect.complimentary · In the nature of a compliment.compliments · Good wishes.

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