embranglementn.
/ɛmˈbraŋɡ(ə)lmənt/ The action of embrangle v., or the result of such action; entanglement, complication, confusion.
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brabbling1530
confusion1530
ruffle1533
pell-mellc1586
confusedness1587
huddle1606
Babel confusion1653
promiscuity1663
hugger-mugger1674
promiscuousness1676
clutter1692
jumblement1706
muddle1808
embranglement1826
mare's nest1837
muddlement1857
muddledom1891
muddliness1891
mêlée1895
mix-up1898
huddledom1923
buggeration1962
mixed-upness1967
1826 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life (ed. 11) II. 302 The entanglements and embranglements of the latter [sc. her feet], in her endless train.
1839 T. Hook in New Monthly Mag. 55 434 All these embranglements conduced very much to the pleasure which the Duke anticipated.
1861 Times 22 Feb. 9 Under the control of Parliament there would be no such embranglement.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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