complexness C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /kəmˈplɛksnəs/ UK /kəmˈpleksnəs/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun the quality of being complex or intricate The sheer complexness of the contract baffled the clients. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the quality of being... complexityintricacycomplicationinvolvementelaborateness ↔ Opposites simplicityplainness Word family Related forms complexcomplexitycomplexify Etymology AI details From complex + the native suffix -ness. Complex derives from Latin complexus ('entwined, encompassing'), past participle of complecti ('to entwine, embrace'). complexus Latin plectere Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # complexness **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /kəmˈplɛksnəs/ **IPA (UK):** /kəmˈpleksnəs/ ## Meanings 1. the quality of being complex or intricate ## Examples - The sheer complexness of the contract baffled the clients. ## Synonyms - complexity - intricacy - complication - involvement - elaborateness ## Antonyms - simplicity - plainness ## Related Forms - complex - complexity - complexify ## Roots and Affixes - Root: complexus - Root: plectere ## Etymology From complex + the native suffix -ness. Complex derives from Latin complexus ('entwined, encompassing'), past participle of complecti ('to entwine, embrace'). ## AI Etymology Complexness comes from complex + the native suffix -ness. Complex derives from Latin complexus ('entwined, encompassing'), past participle of complecti ('to entwine, embrace'). The historical trail runs through complexus in Latin and plectere in Latin. Morphologically, complexness is transparent: it draws on complex + the native suffix -ness. Used as a noun, complexness now means "the quality of being complex or intricate", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in related forms such as complex, complexity, and complexify. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown