complication
/ˌkɑm.pləˈkeɪ.ʃən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.31 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The state of being complicated; intricate or confused relation of parts; complexity.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A person who doesn't fit in with the main scheme of things; an interloper.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A disease or diseases, or adventitious circumstances or conditions, coexistent with and modifying a primary disease, but not necessarily connected with it.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "the snaky complication in the Caduceus or rod of Hermes."
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French complication, from Latin complicatio, complicationem. Morphologically complicate + -ion.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: complication, complicatio
- Suffix: complicate
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌkɑm.pləˈkeɪ.ʃən/
- British English: /ˌkɒm.plɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/