Perplexingly involved or entangled; hard to disentangle or disengage, or to trace out; complicated; obscure: as, an intricate knot; the intricate windings of a labyrinth; intricate accounts; the intricate plot of a tragedy.In entomology, having unequal elevations and depressions placed irregularly and close together, but without running into each other: said of a sculptured surface.To render intricate or involved; make perplexing or obscure.