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embroilment|ɛmˈbrɔɪlmənt|
Also 7 im-.
[f. embroil v.2 + -ment; cf. Fr. embrouillement.]
1. The action or process of embroiling.
1622–62Heylin Cosmogr. i. (1682) 136 To the great embroilment of the State. 1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. i. iii. vii, Now..does come discussion..but only for new embroilment.
2. An uproar, tumult.
1609Daniel Civ. Wares vii. 110 [The Muse]..weary with these embroylements, faine would stay Her farther course. 1646J. Temple Irish Rebell. Pref. 3 The true causes of the imbroilments in that Kingdome. a1714Burnet Own Time (1766) II. 32 He was not apprehensive of a new embroilment. 1819Scott Leg. Montrose iii, A cavalier of honour is free to take any part in this civil embroilment.
b. A state of variance or hostility; a quarrel.
1667G. Digby Elvira v. in Hazl. Dodsley XV. 90 Drawing those advantages From the embroilment. a1711Ken Hymnarium Wks. 1721 II. 37 Embroilments ne'er would cease, Shou'd Rivals share the Realm of Peace. 1845Disraeli Sybil 314 The lively temperament of the Dandy would here probably have involved him in an inconvenient embroilment. 1872Yeats Growth Comm. 216 A bitter embroilment with England followed this merciless act.
3. transf. and fig. A perplexed or confused state or condition; confused mixture.
1856Ferrier Inst. Metaph. Introd. §62 The whole embroilment of philosophy is due to the practice, etc. 1859Gullick & Timbs Painting 257 The careless embroilment of transparent and opaque tints. 1878Dowden Stud. Lit. 238 A tangle and embroilment of evil and good.
4. Complication, entanglement (in a story, etc.).
1884Sat. Rev. 14 June 787 Such details and embroilments as the story contains form the only excuse for its length. |