intriguen.
/ɪnˈtriːɡ/ a. Intricacy, complexity; a complicated contrivance; a maze, a labyrinth. Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [noun] > difficulty or complexity
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intricatenessa1586
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complexity1790
complicacy18..
subtlety1815
complicatedness1818
complicity1847
Byzantinism1945
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Intrique, an intricacy, labyrinth, maze, incumbrance, difficulty. Cressy.
1660 Exact Narr. Escape Worcester 15 His Majesty was had to his lodging, and the intrigues of it shewn him.
1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries (1738) I. 419 A famous engine to raise up water..There is so little of it remaining that it is impossible thence to find out all the contrivance and intrigue of it.
1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica i. iv. 11 No finite Knowledge can be comprehensive of an Effect..in every minute Intrigue of Nature.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [noun] > difficulty or complexity > instance of
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meander1576
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complication1647
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intricate1664
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complexity1794
sinuosity1827
complicacy1849
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > entanglement or entangled state > complication or complexity > [noun] > a complicated state of affairs
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intricacy1611
intrigo1648
intrigue1660
intricoa1670
wheels within wheels1679
imbroglio1818
involvement1821
scrimmage1852
situation1954
1660 Bp. J. Taylor Ductor Dubitantium I. ii. iii. 401 There are so many certain but indiscernible fallibilities, so many intrigues of fancy in the disputers.
1694 R. South 12 Serm. II. 332 To look into the little Intrigues of Matter and Motion.
1698 A. Boyer & J. Savage tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont in T. Hearne Ductor Historicus I. ii. iv. 125 To unravel (if I may so say) all the Intrigues betwixt God and Man.
2.
a. The exertion of tortuous or underhand influence to accomplish some purpose; underhand plotting or scheming.
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the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > [noun]
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contrivingc1330
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imagininga1449
engininga1450
practising?1545
machinationc1550
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contrival1602
managing1607
tamperinga1627
practicking1640
texturea1641
contrivance1647
briguing1657
intrigue1668
intriguing1801
policizing1809
scheming1813
intriguery1815
schemery1822
plottery1823
shenanigan1855
game playing1916
shenaniganning1924
wheeler-dealing1968
wheeling and dealing1969
wheeling-dealing1973
the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] > contrivance or machination
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Machiavellism1592
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Machiavellianism1607
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intrigue1668
designfulnessa1677
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intriguery1815
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > collusion, intrigue > [noun]
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > collusion, intrigue > [noun] > instance
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1668 E. Howard Usurper Epist. sig. A2v Intregue (the true Soul and Genius of the Stage).
1769 W. Robertson Hist. Charles V II. vi. 448 A spirit of action and intrigue is infused into all its members.
1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. iv. iii. 110 A complicated scene..of plotting and intrigue.
b. (with plural) A plot to accomplish a purpose by tortuous or underhand influence.
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the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > [noun] > a plot
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intrigue1692
scheme1719
infanglement1753
fix-up1832
the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] > contrivance or machination > instance of
machinationa1475
ingine1531
Machiavellianism1607
intrigue1692
plant1825
angle1958
1692 tr. C. de Saint-Évremond Misc. Ess. 345 He was made Cardinal by Intrigues, Factions, and Tumults.
1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 13 According to the mysteries and intrigues of State.
1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) I. xv. 98 You have fairly confounded the intrigues of opposition.
1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest III. xii. 121 It is also quite possible that the Primate of Normandy himself had a share in his brother's intrigues.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > fiction > [noun] > plot
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plot1613
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story1679
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storyline1906
plot line1907
1651 W. Davenant Gondibert Pref. 23 The third [act] makes a visible correspondence in the under-walks (or lesser intrigues) of persons; and ends with an ample turn of the main design.
1676 E. Coles Eng. Dict. Entreague,..also a story (after many entangled passages) brought to a calm end.
1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) at Intricacy Also Intrigue or Intreague, the various and subtle intercourse of passages in the Plot of a Play.
1725 A. Pope tr. R. Le Bossu Gen. View Epic Poem in tr. Homer Odyssey I. p. xiv As these Causes are the Beginning of the Action, the opposite Designs against that of the Hero are the Middle of it, and form that Difficulty or Intrigue, which makes up the greatest part of the Poem.
4.
a. Clandestine illicit intimacy between a man and a woman; a liaison.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > illicit intimacy
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intrigo1648
blanket-lovea1657
intrigue1668
affair1700
connection1791
liaison1816
entanglement1863
mpango wa kando2009
1668 P. M. To Author of Ephesian Matron sig. H1v, in W. Charleton Ephesian & Cimmerian Matrons She in like manner falls into an Intrigue (as they now adays call it).
1673 J. Dryden Marriage a-la-Mode ii. i. 16 Intrigue, Philotis! that's an old phrase; I have laid that word by; Amour sounds better.
1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 276. ⁋1 Taken in an Intrigue with another Man's Wife.
1883 C. J. Wills In Land of Lion & Sun 276 In Shiraz, where intrigues among married women are very rife.
b. transferred. The combination of queen and knave in certain games of cards.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card or cards > [noun] > combinations of cards
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quart major1718
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prial1776
flux1798
fredon1798
tricon1798
intrigue1830
straight1841
marriage1861
under-sequence1863
straight five1864
double pair-royal?1870
run?1870
short suit1876
four1883
fourchette1885
meld1887
doubleton1906
canasta1948
1830 ‘Eidrah Trebor’ Pope Joan in Hoyle Made Familiar 82 Matrimony is the king and queen, and Intrigue the knave and queen of trumps; the players of these cards take the pools belonging to them.
1830 ‘Eidrah Trebor’ Pope Joan in Hoyle Made Familiar 83 The game [of Matrimony] consists of five chances, viz. Matrimony, which is king and queen: Confederacy, king and knave; Intrigue, queen and knave [etc.].
1887 All Year Round 5 Feb. 66 There was Intrigue, that unhallowed flirtation between Queen and Knave.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
intriguev.
/ɪnˈtriːɡ/ 1. transitive. To trick, deceive, cheat; to embarrass, puzzle, perplex. Now rare.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deceive [verb (transitive)]
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blirre1570
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blanch1592
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to take in1740
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to suck in1842
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to have on1867
mag1869
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bumfuzzle1878
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wool1890
spruce1917
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shit1934
smokescreen1950
dick1964
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > act of perplexing > confuse, perplex, bewilder [verb (transitive)]
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to put off1909
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befuddle1926
ungear1931
to screw up1941
1612 Trauels Foure Eng. Men Afr. 68 He that trusteth to a Greeke, Shall be intreaged, and still to seeke.
a1701 H. Maundrell Journey Aleppo to Jerusalem (1703) 133 Who..were basely intrigu'd by the people..and forc'd to redeem their Lives at a great sum of Money.
1794 S. Williams Nat. & Civil Hist. Vermont 40 To intrigue and baffle a brave and meritorious people out of their rights and liberties.
1894 Month May 122.
2. To entangle, involve; to cause to be entangled or involved, to implicate. Now rare.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [verb (transitive)] > make difficult or complex
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complicate1832
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > entanglement or entangled state > complication or complexity > make complicated [verb (transitive)]
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to twist up1864
the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > occupy or engage (a person) [verb (transitive)] > have to do with or be involved in or with > involve in something
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a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1683) II. 338 It doth not seem worth the while..with more subtilty to intrigue the Point.
1681 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. I iv. 392 How doth it perplex and intrigue the whole Course of your Lives, and intangle ye in a labyrinth of Knavish Tricks and Collusions.
1690 J. Child Disc. Trade Pref. sig. C7v The way..is not..hidden from us in the dark, or intrigued with difficulties.
1899 Speaker 4 Feb. 152/2 This intrigues us against his Holiness.
3. intransitive. To carry on a secret amour or illicit intimacy; to have a liaison.
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the mind > emotion > love > love affair > have affectionate or sexual relationship [verb (intransitive)] > carry on illicit intimacy
intrigue1710
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [verb (intransitive)] > have illicit intimacy
intrigue1710
to carry on1828
1710 E. Ward Vulgus Britannicus 1st Pt. ii. 28 So Jilts wed those they ne'er affected, Purely t'intrigue the less suspected.
1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar xi. 119 He had intrigued with a Vestal virgin.
4. † b. transitive. To plot; to scheme for. Obsolete.
a. intransitive. To carry on underhand plotting or scheming; to employ secret influence for the accomplishment of designs; to make an intrigue.
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the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > plot [verb (intransitive)]
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manage1603
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to lay a scheme1826
scheme1842
angle1892
wheel and deal1961
the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > be cunning or act cunningly [verb (intransitive)] > machinate
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intriguea1714
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > collusion, intrigue > conspire, intrigue [verb (intransitive)]
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a1714 Bp G. Burnet Hist. Reformation anno 1527 (R.) That the cardinal of York was not satisfied to be intriguing for the popedom after his death, but was aspiring to it while he was alive.
1791 G. Morris in J. Sparks Life G. Morris (1832) I. 354 They tell me that the Queen is now intriguing with Mirabeau.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vi. 155 That fortnight Rochester passed in intriguing and imploring.
1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People ii. §8. 104 At Rome, at Paris the agents of the two powers intrigued against each other.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > plot (a purpose) or hatch (a plot [verb (transitive)]
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > collusion, intrigue > conspire against [verb (transitive)] > obtain by intrigue
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1747 H. Walpole Lett. to H. Mann 26 June The Duchess of Queensberry has at last been at court; a point she has been intriguing these two years.
c. To bring or get by intrigue.
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the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > plot (a purpose) or hatch (a plot [verb (transitive)] > bring or get by intrigue
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intrigue1672
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1672 O. Walker Of Educ. ii. vii. 286 Whose designs are to intrigue themselves into business.
1839 Standard 15 May in Spirit Metrop. Conservative Press (1840) I. 378 The charge against Lord Canterbury, that he had intrigued out Lord Melbourne.
1839 John Bull 28 July in Spirit Metrop. Conservative Press (1840) II. 253 A bill for giving a charter to Birmingham was shamefully smuggled and intrigued through.
1844 B. Disraeli Coningsby I. i. ii. 22 Rigby, who had already intrigued himself into a subordinate office.
1864 G. A. Sala in Daily Tel. 26 Feb. He would have been ousted or intrigued out of office some years ago.
5. transitive. To excite the curiosity or interest of; to interest so as to puzzle or fascinate. Also absol. (A modern gallicism.)
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the mind > attention and judgement > feel curious about [verb (transitive)] > excite curiosity
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the mind > attention and judgement > attention > attracting attention > engage the attention [verb (transitive)]
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1894 Month May 122 The publishers often become so intrigued by these claims of authorship, that we find them at times passing by the matter altogether.
1896 Westm. Gaz. 1 May 2/1 The authorship of the piece..attributed by Mr. W——, intent upon intriguing the public, to a ‘Member of Parliament’.
1900 Westm. Gaz. 5 Dec. 2/2 We do agree most heartily, but the observation intrigues us not a little.
1909 H. G. Wells Ann Veronica iii. 78 The New Woman and the New Girl intrigue me profoundly.
1918 A. Quiller-Couch Stud. in Lit. 1st Ser. 147 These theological poets and preachers of the seventeenth century..were intrigued..by man's lapse from a state of innocence.
1924 W. M. Raine Troubled Waters xxi. 225 The conspiracy she proposed intrigued his interest.
1957 E. Partridge Eng. gone Wrong i. 9 Such words as..‘to be intrigued’ for ‘deeply or much interested’..have degenerated from definite sense to indefinite nonsense.
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