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intriguant, -gant, n. and a.|ˈɪntrɪgənt, F. ɛ̃trigɑ̃|
[a. F. intriguant, pr. pple. of intriguer to intrigue; also intrigant, ad. It. intrigante.]
A. n. An intriguer.
1781Bentham Wks. (1843) X. 93 One of the busiest and most successful of intriguants. 1794Amer. St. Papers, For. Relat. (1832) I. 403 (Stanf.) Putting off the character of minister to put on that of intriguant. 1809Wellington in Gurw. Desp. (1837) IV. 507 [He] has certainly the mind and manners of an intrigant. 1846Mrs. Gore Eng. Char. (1852) 25 The appearance of Farren in the part of the ambitious intriguant. 1886Century Mag. Nov. 33/1 Illiterate intriguants..insisted on shaping legislation according to their own fancy.
B. adj. Intriguing; scheming.
1897African Critic 21 Aug. 224 The most unscrupulous and intriguant amongst the Continental oligarchies. |