A complex or confusing situation; an intricate system; a situation or condition from which it is difficult to extricate oneself; an entanglement.

figurative. A knot or complication; an entanglement. Cf. nodus, n. 5. Obsolete.

A winding course. In plural. Convolutions, intricacies, or complications (of situations, emotions, ideas, etc.). Obsolete.

A winding course. In singular. A winding or labyrinthine plan, concept, or course of action. Obsolete.

quasi-concrete. An instance of this condition; a complication; an entangled or involved state of affairs; a perplexing difficulty.

with a and plural becoming quasi-concrete: = A complicated or entangled state of relations, matters, or affairs; a complicated mass or stucture…

= intrigue, n.

figurative. An intricate or complicated state of affairs; an involved mode of action. Obsolete.

Something intricate; an intricacy. Obsolete.

An intricacy; a maze.

quasi-concrete. An instance of complexity; a complicated condition; a complication.

figurative. A complexity or intricacy.

A complicated structure, matter or condition.