intrincable

Middle French

Adjective

intrincable m or f (plural intrincables)

1. intertwined; intermixed
   • 1482, Fergret, Mirouer de la vie humaine:

     Que continuelle cure des cogitations extermine le corps, les fatigacions de la pensee et les questions intrincables des choses deseichent toutes les humeurs.

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Usage notes

• The precise meaning is uncertain as the citation above is the only known usage of the term in the Middle French period.

References

• Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “intricable”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.