imbroglion.

/ɪmˈbrəʊljəʊ/

Forms: Also embroglio.

Etymology: < Italian imbroglio ‘an entangling, an enwrapping, a garboile’, etc. (Florio), < broglio confusion: see broil n.¹, broil v.²

1. A confused heap.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > absence of arrangement > [noun] > a disorderly collection

rabblea1398

hotchpotc1405

hotchpotchc1410

mishmashc1475

gaggle?1478

chaos?1550

humble-jumble1550

huddle1587

wilderness1594

lurry1607

hatterc1626

farragoa1637

bumble1648

higgledy-piggledy1659

jumble1661

clutter1666

hugger-mugger1674

litter1730

imbroglio1753

confusion1791

cludder1801

hurrah's nest1829

hotter1834

welter1857

muddle1863

splatter1895

shamble1926

1753 T. Gray Long Story in Six Poems 18 Into the drawers and china pry, Papers and books, a huge imbroglio!

1850 T. Carlyle Latter-day Pamphlets viii. 48 It will lie there an imbroglio of torn boughs.

1864 R. Browning Likeness 42 I keep my prints an imbroglio, Fifty in one portfolio.

2. A state of great confusion and entanglement; a complicated or difficult situation (esp. political or dramatic); a confused misunderstanding or disagreement, embroilment.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > entanglement or entangled state > complication or complexity > [noun] > a complicated state of affairs

labyrinthc1450

proplexity1487

maze1531

perplexity1563

intricacy1611

intrigo1648

intrigue1660

intricoa1670

wheels within wheels1679

imbroglio1818

involvement1821

scrimmage1852

situation1954

1818 Lady Morgan Florence Macarthy I. iv. 235 The object of this farcical embroglio was the fanciful and accomplished ideologist.

1833 J. W. Croker in Croker Papers 23 Apr. (1884) II A financial imbroglio would be immediate anarchy and general ruin.

1836 J. W. Carlyle Lett. I. 57 No household imbroglios.

1864 Reader 8 Oct. 458/2 The play is exceedingly clever in its intrigue and imbroglio.

1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul II. ix. xlii. 351 Matters had fallen into a hopeless imbroglio.

1885 R. L. Stevenson & F. Stevenson Dynamiter 60 The terms of the letter, and the explosion of the early morning, fitted together like parts in some obscure and mischievous imbroglio.

3. ‘A passage, in which the vocal or instrumental parts are made to sing, or play, against each other, in such a manner as to produce the effect of apparent but really well-ordered confusion’ (Grove Dict. Music 1880).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	imbroglio
释义	imbroglion. /ɪmˈbrəʊljəʊ/ Forms: Also embroglio. Etymology: < Italian imbroglio ‘an entangling, an enwrapping, a garboile’, etc. (Florio), < broglio confusion: see broil n.¹, broil v.² 1. A confused heap. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > absence of arrangement > [noun] > a disorderly collection rabblea1398 hotchpotc1405 hotchpotchc1410 mishmashc1475 gaggle?1478 chaos?1550 humble-jumble1550 huddle1587 wilderness1594 lurry1607 hatterc1626 farragoa1637 bumble1648 higgledy-piggledy1659 jumble1661 clutter1666 hugger-mugger1674 litter1730 imbroglio1753 confusion1791 cludder1801 hurrah's nest1829 hotter1834 welter1857 muddle1863 splatter1895 shamble1926 1753 T. Gray Long Story in Six Poems 18 Into the drawers and china pry, Papers and books, a huge imbroglio! 1850 T. Carlyle Latter-day Pamphlets viii. 48 It will lie there an imbroglio of torn boughs. 1864 R. Browning Likeness 42 I keep my prints an imbroglio, Fifty in one portfolio. 2. A state of great confusion and entanglement; a complicated or difficult situation (esp. political or dramatic); a confused misunderstanding or disagreement, embroilment. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > entanglement or entangled state > complication or complexity > [noun] > a complicated state of affairs labyrinthc1450 proplexity1487 maze1531 perplexity1563 intricacy1611 intrigo1648 intrigue1660 intricoa1670 wheels within wheels1679 imbroglio1818 involvement1821 scrimmage1852 situation1954 1818 Lady Morgan Florence Macarthy I. iv. 235 The object of this farcical embroglio was the fanciful and accomplished ideologist. 1833 J. W. Croker in Croker Papers 23 Apr. (1884) II A financial imbroglio would be immediate anarchy and general ruin. 1836 J. W. Carlyle Lett. I. 57 No household imbroglios. 1864 Reader 8 Oct. 458/2 The play is exceedingly clever in its intrigue and imbroglio. 1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul II. ix. xlii. 351 Matters had fallen into a hopeless imbroglio. 1885 R. L. Stevenson & F. Stevenson Dynamiter 60 The terms of the letter, and the explosion of the early morning, fitted together like parts in some obscure and mischievous imbroglio. 3. ‘A passage, in which the vocal or instrumental parts are made to sing, or play, against each other, in such a manner as to produce the effect of apparent but really well-ordered confusion’ (Grove Dict. Music 1880). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1753
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