intrigue

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  1. noun A secret or underhand scheme; a plot.
  2. noun The practice of or involvement in such schemes.
  3. noun A clandestine love affair.
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  • It is the tragedy of two lovers, an honorable aristocrat and a girl of humble birth, who are done to death through a vile intrigue which is dictated by the exigencies of an infamous political regime. —  The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller
  • If he did not, it was not for want of warning from certain of his friends and neighbours, to whom the intrigue was a matter of common knowledge. —  A Book of Remarkable Criminals
  • Oppius, Caesar's most intimate friend, proved that the child could not have been his—of course, therefore, that the intrigue was a fable; and the boy was afterward put to death by Augustus as an impostor. —  Caesar: A Sketch
  • But then it strikes me that his intrigue was almost moreso than that of a regular individual. and that is the end of that memory. —  [Help] Most Recent Posts
  • In the old pre-Web days of media barons and press power this kind of intrigue was a big deal. —  Memex 1.1
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treachery ·  conspiracy ·  jealousy ·  ambition ·  plot ·  strife ·  violence ·  corruption ·  quarrel ·  deceit ·  cunning ·  fraud

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intrigue:   intriguing ·  Intriguing ·  intrigues ·  intrigued
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. From French intriguer, to plot, from Italian intrigare, to plot, from Latin intrīcāre, to entangle; see intricate.

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  1. = Dutch intrigueren = German intriguiren = Danish intrigere = Swedish intrigera, from French intriguer, Old French intriquer, intricquer, intrinquer, entriquer = Provencal entricar, intricar = Spanish Portuguese intrigar, intricar = Italian intricare, intrigare, perplex, puzzle, intrigue, from Latin intricare, entangle, perplex, embarrass: see intricate, v.
  2. = D. G. intrigue = Danish intrige = Swedish intrig, from French intrigue, a plot, intrigue, formerly also intrique, intricateness, a maze, = Spanish Portuguese intriga = Italian intrigo, intrico, intricateness, a maze, plot, intrigue; from the verb: see intrigue, v.
 

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