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  2. Feb 2, 2019 · complex. 1650s, "composed of interconnected parts, formed by a combination of simple things or elements," from French complexe "complicated, complex, intricate" (17c.), from Latin complexus "surrounding, encompassing," past participle of complecti "to encircle, embrace," in transferred us.

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  3. The earliest known use of the word complicate is in the early 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for complicate is from before 1626, in the writing of Francis Bacon, lord chancellor, politician, and philosopher.

  4. The earliest known use of the adjective complicated is in the mid 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for complicated is from 1646, in the writing of Thomas Browne, physician and author. complicated is formed within English, by derivation.

  5. Feb 10, 2018 · complicated (adj.) 1640s, "composed of interconnected parts, not simple," past-participle adjective from complicate. Figurative meaning "not easy to solve, intricate, confused, difficult to explain or understand" is from 1650s. Related: Complicatedness.

  6. involving a lot of different parts, in a way that is difficult to understand: complicated instructions. I had to fill in this really complicated form. The rules are rather complicated to follow. The relationship is a bit complicated. He's my mother's cousin's daughter's child. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples.

  7. The word complicated came about in the 1640's to mean "tangled" or "difficult to unravel." This makes sense, considering it came from the Latin verb complicāre, meaning "to fold together." Consider that something with many folds is more complicated than something flat.

  8. Feb 10, 2018 · complexity. (n.) 1721, "composite nature, quality or state of being composed of interconnected parts," from complex (adj.) + -ity. Meaning "intricacy" is from 1790. Meaning "a complex condition" is from 1794. also from 1721.

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